When you are pitching a no-hitter, there's no doubt that a pitcher wants a chance to finish it off. Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow was twirling a masterpiece on Monday night in Dodger Stadium, keeping Colorado Rockies hitters off-stride throughout his outing.
Through seven innings, Glasnow had shut down the Rockies bats. He had them guessing at the plate. Glasnow, though, was pulled after seven innings by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. Blake Treinen came in and pitched a perfect eighth, leading to Tanner Scott coming on in the ninth.
Scott, though, gave up a leadoff double on the first pitch he threw. Yet Scott, whose ERA has ballooned in recent weeks, was able to finish off a 3-1 win against Colorado. It's fair to say that Scott needed that type of outing for his confidence.
As for Glasnow? He admitted after the game that he wanted a chance to add his name into the MLB record books
Glasnow missed his previous start with back spasms, so Roberts kept a tight leash on him. Once he finished seven innings, Roberts wanted to protect his starter.
"He was fantastic," Roberts said. "I thought he did get into a rhythm. I thought early he was trying to find his way, wasn't in that rhythm."
Mookie Betts broke up a 1-1 tie with a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh, giving Los Angeles a lead it would never relinquish.
What is in the Dodgers water right now? This was the second no-hitter a pitcher had going for the team in the past few days. On Friday, Yoshinobu Yamamoto went 8 2/3 innings of no-hit ball against the Baltimore Orioles before Jackson Holliday broke it up with a solo home run. Of course, Dodgers fans know what happened next - a bullpen meltdown and Scott giving up the game-winning hit.
More importantly, Los Angeles is still in first place in the National League West Division. The Dodgers are a game up on the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers continue their series with Colorado on Tuesday night.