Dodgers Recap: Glasnow pitches two scoreless in comeback win over ChiSox

CAMELBACK RANCH, AZ — Tyler Glasnow has been one of the Dodgers’ most tantalizing pitchers since he joined the club two seasons ago. On one hand, the talent is off the charts, but on the other, he’s had trouble staying on the field because of various health concerns. To combat that, the Dodgers are looking for Glasnow to bulk up a little bit before Opening Day, thinking that adding some mass to his lanky frame will make him more durable. The results: so far, so good. Glasnow looked brilliant in his first outing of the spring, pitching two no-hit innings before being lifted in the third. He ended up getting tagged for a hard luck run in that inning, but in the end, the proof was in the performance. He was fantastic, and the Dodgers came from behind to defeat the Chicago White Sox by a score of 7-6.

Glasnow was nearly flawless in the first inning. Mixing his pitches brilliantly, he struck out the side on just 14 pitches. The second was just as clean. Two infield grounders and a strikeout to close out the inning. It wasn’t until the top of the third that anyone got any solid contact on the Dodgers’ righthander, when Braden Montgomery ripped a center-cut four seamer into left. That was the end of Glasnow’s day, and unfortunately, his bullpen didn’t get the hold. Prospect Carson Hobbs was the first out of the pen, and Roy Hobbes, he was not. He promptly gave up a home run to shortstop Tanner Murray, and the Dodgers’ 2-0 lead was promptly erased and before the inning was over it was 4-2 White Sox. This one was ABSOLUTELY not on Glasnow. In a regular game, the way he was throwing, most likely he handles the inning without incident.

The Dodgers put tin soldiers on the board in the first, second, third, and fifth, but their big inning was the bottom of the sixth when they broke through for three runs. After wholesale changes for the White Sox, the once prized prospect Keston Hiura led off against reliever Tyson Miller with the score tied at five apiece. BANG! Solo home run. Then, Hyeseong Kim stepped in. BOOM! Another solo shot. Just like that, the Boys in Blue had retaken the lead. They added on one more run in that inning when Josue DePaula (looking great this spring) scored Ryan Miller with a two-out double.

That run would prove the difference, as Chicago cut the lead in half with a run in the eighth. However, that would be as close as they would get; Jordan Weems shut the door on the Sox’s hopes in the ninth, aided by a nice 4-6-3 double play. That pushes the Dodgers’ Spring Training record to a perfect 6-0, the only undefeated team at this point.

Other Dodgers who played well today: Miguel Rojas and Will Smith (two hits each), Max Muncy, who got his first hit of the spring, and Kyle Tucker, who walked AGAIN to push his OBP to .500 (not bad for a guy without a hit). On the pitching side, Blake Treinen threw a 1-2-3 inning (very nice to see), and Alex Vesia, Ben Casparius, and Kyle Hurt all got credited for a hold. Hurt and Casparius gave up one run each, but the other two were all perfect in their outings. Overall, encouraging things from some of the key bullpen pieces today.

On Friday, the Dodgers head to Scottsdale to get a look at their dvisional rivals, the retooled San Francisco Giants. Newcomers Luis Arraez and Harrison Bader join a lineup that is already looking pretty good: Rafael Devers, Willy Adames Matt Chapman, etc. It’ll be interesting to see if the Giants can make a concerted playoff push this year. We’ll start to get some answers to that at 12:05 on Friday. This will also be our last stateside look at Yoshinobu Yamamato for a while. He makes his final start before flying out to join Samurai Japan for the WBC. See you there!

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