dailyloe.com – Tyler Glasnow stopped the Giants cold with eight scoreless innings and just one hit allowed, preventing what would have been a humiliating sweep. The Dodgers finished their trip 3-4 and now face the Chicago Cubs, winners of nine consecutive games, in their next series. Growing tension with the Giants and Kyle Tucker’s struggles have tested the Dodgers as manager Dave Roberts makes lineup adjustments to spark the team.
According to Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, the Dodgers tout Yoshinobu Yamamoto as a Cy Young award contender, and every one of his starts has been a quality start, including the one he made here Tuesday. The Dodgers talk up Shohei Ohtani as a Cy Young award contender, and Ohtani has given up one run all season. He pitched six shutout innings here Wednesday.
But the pitcher who delivered the best start of this series against the San Francisco Giants, and the one that stood tall between the Giants and what would have been a humiliating sweep, was Tyler Glasnow. That was one storyline from an eventful afternoon at the ballpark and, for the Dodgers, a sorely needed 3-0 victory on a day they found themselves a new cleanup hitter, a new closer — and on a day a Giants player blasted a Dodgers player for making a “dirty” play.
Nothing like a little bad blood to breathe a little life into a languishing rivalry. The cleanup hitter: Kyle Tucker, dropped from second to fourth in the lineup after his average had fallen to .233, ignited a two-run rally in the fourth inning with a double and delivered his first two-hit game in 17 days. The closer: Tanner Scott, just as the Dodgers planned last year.
After Glasnow pitched eight shutout innings and gave up one hit, Scott got the first save situation since the Dodgers lost closer Edwin Díaz to elbow surgery. Scott has a 0.84 ERA this season, including the perfect ninth inning he worked Thursday for the first of what might be quite a few saves this season. The Dodgers (17-8), remember, signed him for $72 million as their closer last season, but he lo
