Dave Roberts Makes Excuse for Tyler Glasnow's Worst Dodgers Outing

Tyler Glasnow was unhittable against the Minnesota Twins two starts ago. On Monday, it was a different story as Glasnow had the worst start of his Dodgers career allowing six runs over five innings in the Dodgers’ 6-4 loss to the Nationals on Jackie Robinson Day at Dodger Stadium.

Manager Dave Roberts told reporters including Dodgers Nation's Doug McKain after the game that Glasnow was battling an illness that contributed to his poor start.

“He’s not going to say it, but he was under the weather," Roberts said. “As far as the performance, it just wasn’t there. The fastball command wasn’t there. The breaking ball — curveball, specifically — he didn’t have the feel for it. And the slider was sort of just rolling. It just didn’t have the teeth to it.”

Glasnow didn't have any control of his four-seam fastball which is a pitch he leaned on against the Twins. He threw it 47 times on Monday, getting just three swings-and-misses.

The Dodgers ace didn't think he had command of any pitches which is unfortunate.

“It’s just not a lot of execution,” Glasnow said. “I don’t think any of the pitches were really working, not hitting my spots and falling behind early. If I’m normally throwing kind of one pitch for a strike, I think you’re able to sit on something and stay on the heater, and I think it’s just easier to sell out for one pitch.”

The pitch that doomed Los Angeles on Monday was a hanging slider in the fifth inning that Luis García Jr. took over the left-center-field wall for a three-run homer.

“It was just a bad slider, left it up, not executed,” Glasnow said. “I think just being late and not being able to execute tonight, it was just a super hittable pitch.”