Tyler Glasnow struggled to find his mechanics Saturday as the Los Angeles Dodgers saw their season-best eight-game winning streak end with a 4-3 loss against the Miami Marlins.

Glasnow appeared uncomfortable almost immediately. The right-hander repeatedly stretched and went into a crouch between pitches during the first inning.

He escaped a bases-loaded jam without allowing a run but needed 25 pitches.

His apparent discomfort created concern because Glasnow previously spent significant time on the Injured List with a back issue.

According to Dodger Blue, Glasnow said afterward that he felt good physically and was simply trying to work through some issues.

“It feels good,” Glasnow said. “Just figuring some stuff out.”

His command problems continued in the second inning.

Glasnow issued a leadoff walk before Graham Pauley hit a game-tying home run. Three consecutive two-out singles followed, allowing Miami to take a 3-2 lead.

Glasnow responded by retiring seven consecutive hitters, but the improvement did not last.

He opened the fifth with back-to-back walks and was removed. A fourth run was eventually charged to him.

Glasnow allowed four runs on five hits (one home run) with seven strikeouts and four walks in four innings.

He explained that he felt out of rhythm from the beginning, briefly found a better feel during the third and fourth innings, then lost it again in the fifth.

“I was kind of off from the beginning,” Glasnow noted. “I tried to stay in rhythm and battle back, and I think the third and fourth, I felt good. And then kind of lost it in the fifth. But I thought it got better as the game went on. I’m just kind of struggling to find it right now.”

Glasnow dismissed the idea that an injury caused the performance and instead attributed his problems to poor mechanics and timing. He felt virtually every pitch was slightly off.

“I just think it was bad timing,” Glasnow explained. “Trying to get on time was hard to find today. Every pitch was kind of off.”

Saturday marked his second consecutive start giving up four earned runs.

Glasnow has also issued seven walks in 10 innings over those two outings.

He acknowledged that pitchers sometimes feel completely synchronized, while other outings require constant adjustments to find ways to retire hitters. Glasnow believes he is currently working through the latter situation.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts agreed that Glasnow lacked his usual sharpness.

Roberts said Glasnow struggled to establish rhythm and appeared to be fighting himself throughout the game.

“He just couldn’t get his rhythm,” Roberts said.

“You could see he was fighting himself all game. I know he didn’t feel great coming into the game as far as overall body, but I don’t know what specifically. After that second inning, I thought it was great coming back and competing like he did. For me, walking those first two hitters in that fifth inning, I just thought it was time to pull the plug.”

Although Roberts acknowledged that Glasnow did not feel great physically entering the start, he could not identify a specific issue.

He was encouraged by Glasnow’s response after the second inning but decided the consecutive walks beginning the fifth were enough to end his afternoon.

Roberts also said he does not believe Glasnow is dealing with anything serious or long-term, suggesting travel or the difficulty of synchronizing the many moving parts in the large right-hander’s delivery could have contributed.

“No, no. I don’t think it was one of those things that is something that’s longer term at all,” Roberts said.

“I don’t know if it was travel or he’s obviously a big-bodied guy, so there’s a lot of big moving parts. Sometimes if they get out of whack a little bit, it’s hard to just sync everything up.”

Glasnow can generate overpowering stuff regularly.

His combination of extension, velocity and breaking-ball movement creates uncomfortable at-bats when his delivery is synchronized.

His height also produces unusual angles, making pitches difficult to track.

The challenge is keeping those moving parts connected.

When his timing slips, command can disappear quickly because even a small mechanical difference affects his release point.

Glasnow’s response Saturday also demonstrated his resilience.

After struggling early, he adjusted enough to retire seven straight hitters rather than allowing the game to unravel immediately.

Being able to compete without his best command matters, particularly with October approaching.

The Dodgers now need Glasnow to rediscover the consistent mechanics that allow his elite arsenal to take over games.