MINNEAPOLIS — Before the game on Tuesday, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts talked about some of the uneven spots in Tyler Glasnow’s first three starts this season.
“He’s obviously a really talented pitcher, really competing well,” Roberts said in the visitors’ dugout at Target Field. “I think that what we haven’t seen is, from start to finish, that he’s been synced up with his delivery.
“He’s a big guy (6-foot-8). There’s a lot of things going everywhere. So to kind of keep that under control is not easy, certainly. So I’m looking forward to, from pitch one to pitch 101, to have it synced up and it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
The Minnesota Twins had that syncing feeling Tuesday.
Glasnow overwhelmed a young Twins lineup, allowing just three hits while striking out 14 in seven scoreless innings as the Dodgers won, 6-3.
“That’s exactly what we were looking for,” Roberts said after the dominant performance. “We’ve seen Tyler over the years from the other side, and this is one of those things from pitch one to pitch 90 or 87, whatever it was tonight, he had complete control of the game.
“You look at the big leagues, he’s an ace for any team. He demonstrated that tonight, I thought.”
Glasnow struck out 10 of the first 15 batters he faced including six in a row at one point. The only hitter in the Twins’ lineup Glasnow did not strike out Tuesday was their No. 9 hitter, rookie outfielder Austin Martin. Martin doubled off the glove of a diving James Outman in right-center field in the third inning for his first major-league hit – and the Twins’ only hit in the first five innings – then pulled a hard ground ball down the third-base line for another double in the sixth.
“I felt just a lot more balanced today,” Glasnow said of syncing up his mechanics. “I think just everything like my direction going towards home was more consistent than normal and I think everything was able to tunnel off of it. I think even…
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