Piazza1968
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2024
. On a picturesque Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium, the Los Angeles Dodgers ended a disappointing nine-game homestand with a dominating 10-to-0 against the New York Mets.
Tyler Glasnow was looking to rebound from his first bad start as a Dodge because he had flu-like symptoms. He hurled a perfect first with eight pitches. He had his best stuff working in the second. Glasnow allowed a hit in the third but still faced the minimum.
Glasnow acted as an ace on Sunday, and the Dodgers needed him to do that. In the fourth, he allowed a hit but allowed nothing. Smith threw out two potential base stealers.
Glasnow was perfect in the fifth. Despite allowing a hit, Glasnow pitched a scoreless sixth. His dominance continued in the seventh. In the eighth, Glasnow gave up three hits but finished the inning without allowing a run as he collected his tenth strikeout.
During this homestand, the Dodgers couldn’t get the timely hit to score enough to win. Despite a Freddie Freeman double in the first, the Dodgers didn’t score. To open the second, Toscar Hernandez walked but was stranded.
Gavin Lux walked to start the third, and Shohei Ohtani unloaded to become the Japanese-born home run king in the major leagues. Will Smith walked with two outs but was erased trying to steal.
In the fifth, Andy Pages doubled, Lux walked, Mookie Betts singled in Pages, and Ohtani had an infield single to load the bases. Freeman doubled in two runs. Smith doubled in two runs. Max Muncy walked. Pages hit his first major league home run, a three-run shot.
Ohtani walked in the sixth and Chris Taylor was hit by a pitch. No more scoring in the sixth for the Dodgers.
Kiké Hernandez singled to start the seventh. The Dodgers didn’t score.
Nick Ramirez pitched a perfect ninth.
