"The number is now 17-0 for Zack Greinke. When he pitches at Miller Park, the Brewers win. Always.

It happened again in Game 1 of the NL championship series Sunday as Greinke survived a six-run, six-inning performance in Milwaukee's 9-6 victory.

"I answer this question after every start ... and before every start," he said. "I don't know. We feel like we're going to win."

Greinke was the second consecutive Cy Young winner the Cardinals were facing in the postseason, after beating Roy Halladay and the Phillies 1-0 in Game 5 of the NLdivision series Friday.

And like the Cardinals did against Halladay in both games of the first round, they got to Greinke early, taking a 1-0 lead in the first, though it could have been worse."