The Dodgers had an off day on Monday, after which they’d one other off day on Tuesday, at the very least offensively. Los Angeles misplaced one other wonderful begin from Tyler Glasnow, and misplaced a recreation to the Pirates regardless of permitting only one run.
The Dodgers threatened in every of the primary 4 innings in opposition to Pirates rookie Jared Jones, just about following a script. Freddie Freeman singled and Will Smith doubled with two outs within the first inning, then Freeman doubled with two outs within the third and Smith was hit by a pitch.
Jason Heyward walked to steer off the second and stole second base, then walked to steer off the fourth as nicely.
Teoscar Hernández made the ultimate out of the primary and third innings to hit Freeman and Smith, the latter of which was a 374-foot drive to deep left, but it surely wasn't lengthy sufficient to do any injury. After Heyward's two walks, the 7-8-9 batters have been retired so as.
The Dodgers discovered a method to cease including to their 0-for-7 mark with runners in scoring place in opposition to Jones by merely not reaching base. Jones retired his closing 9 batters, and ended the sixth inning with strikeouts of Hernández and Heyward.
Jones is the seventh pitcher with a scoreless begin of at the very least 5 innings in opposition to the Dodgers this season, with 5 of them coming in LA's final 23 video games.
Metropolis of the century
Pitching for the primary time at PNC Park as a customer, Tyler Glasnow had an enormous begin of his personal, putting out 9 in his six innings. His strikeout common, getting Henry Davis to swing to open the fifth, made Glasnow the primary pitcher within the majors in 2024 with 100 strikeouts. He completed the evening with 104 on the season.
Middle fielder Jack Suwinski has struggled on the plate to date this season, however has been a risk in opposition to the Dodgers since becoming a member of the Pirates. He deposited a Glasnow fastball into the best subject seats within the third inning for the sport's first run, Suwinki's fifth dwelling run in 13 profession video games in opposition to Los Angeles.
That was the one run for Glasnow, which didn't even permit a runner in scoring place till the sixth inning, when Bryan Reynolds adopted his infield single with a stolen base to open the body. Glasnow struck out three of his subsequent 4 batters, with a stroll to Ke'Bryan Hayes combined in between. Each runners have been caught.
A not so humorous reality
Glasnow has a 3.30 ERA in 30 innings over his final 5 begins, however doesn't have a win to indicate for it. Not solely did he not have a win in these 5 begins, and never solely did he not lose in any recreation. Ma the Dodgers haven't scored a run whereas within the recreation in any of their final 5 video games.
Might 4th was the final time the Dodgers actually gave Glasnow run help.
A uncommon starting
Chris Taylor began in middle subject on Tuesday, his second begin on the place this season. It was the primary begin in every week for Taylor and simply his fifth begin within the final 26 video games.
It wasn't alone within the Dodgers' failures on offense, but it surely was at the very least emblematic of the membership's issues pushing one into the sequence opener. Taylor's first three at-bats got here with runners in scoring place, and he completed the inning all thrice, together with smooth liners simply caught by infielders in his second and third at-bats.
Taylor hit the ball nicely within the ninth inning off nearer David Bednar, a 104.9-mph drive to left middle. Nevertheless it was one other out, this one to finish the sport.
The most effective probability?
The in a single day Dodgers have been hitless in 12 at-bats with runners in scoring place. Hernández made three of the outs, the final of which was essentially the most complicated. With Shohei Ohtani on second base and Smith on first within the eighth, Hernández drove a ball to the middle subject warning observe. He hit it so arduous (107.2 mph off the bat) that Aroldis Chapman reacted on the mound as if he allowed a three-run homer. The SportsNet LA digicam apparently panned into house as Hernández hit the ball in orbit.
Stephen Nelson's name had the thrill of a pending dwelling run, a lot in order that Nelson stated “I obtained it” shortly after the ball landed as a substitute in Suwinski's ready glove in middle.
Hernández's inventory per Baseball Savant had a projected .940 batting common, however just like the Dodgers all evening, he settled for zero.
particular tuesday
House run: Jack Suwinksi (5)
WP – Jared Jones (4-5): 6 IP, 3 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts
LP – Tyler Glasnow (6-4): 6 IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts
Sv – David Bednar (2): 1 IP, zeros
Subsequent
The Dodgers will face one other 22-year-old Pirates rookie on Wednesday (3:40 p.m. PT; SportsNet LA, MLB Community) in Paul Skenes, final yr's first total choose, beginning his fifth MLB recreation. James Paxton is on the mound for the Dodgers, making his 167th profession begin.
