PITTSBURGH — Tyler Glasnow must be wondering what he did to his teammates to make them do this to him.
Glasnow held the Pittsburgh Pirates to one run on three hits over six innings Tuesday night. But for the fifth consecutive start, the Dodgers did not score a run during his time in the game on their way to being shut out and losing to the Pirates, 1-0.
The Dodgers have not scored with Glasnow on the mound since his May 4 start against the Atlanta Braves.
They had ample opportunities to give Glasnow – or the relievers that followed him – support but they went 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base total.
Rookie right-hander Jared Jones announced his presence with authority Tuesday. Ten of the 17 pitches he threw in the first inning were clocked at either 100 or 101 mph. His 100th pitch – a fastball to strike out Jason Heyward to end the sixth inning – hit 99 mph.
Jones struck out six in his six scoreless innings, averaging 98.4 mph on that fastball and holding the Dodgers to just three hits.
But the Dodgers had plenty of chances to break through against the rookie.
Freddie Freeman singled with two outs in the first inning and went to third on Will Smith’s double to left-center field. Teoscar Hernandez stranded them both when he grounded out to third base.
Freeman doubled to center with two outs in the third inning and Smith was hit by a pitch. But Hernandez again stranded them, flying out to the warning track in left.
Jason Heyward led off the fourth with a walk and made it to third base but went no farther. Gavin Lux led off the seventh with a double off Pirates reliever Colin Holderman. The next three Dodgers batters failed to advance him.
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Against veteran reliever Aroldis Chapman in the eighth, Shohei Ohtani led off with a single (just his second hit in his past 13 at-bats), went to second on a walk of Smith then tagged and went to third on Hernandez’s fly out. But pinch-hitter Andy Pages struck out to end the inning.
Glasnow did his part against the Pirates on Tuesday, striking out nine over six innings. But one of the three hits he allowed was a solo home run by Jack Suwinski in the third inning.
In 14 career games against the Dodgers, Suwinski is 14 for 44 (.318) with five home runs and three doubles.
The Dodgers have not scored a run in the 30 innings Glasnow has pitched since his May 4 start against the Atlanta Braves.
More to come on this story.
