Despite loss to Braves, Dodgers rotation taking

ATLANTA — In right-hander Tyler Glasnow’s first sport back from the injured checklist, he pushed through unhealthy luck, made an adjustment between innings, and confirmed how big of an influence he could make when healthy.

Even so, the Dodgers fell to the Braves 4-3 on Tuesday, ending a six-game profitable streak, tied for their season high.

“Even with all the talent that we have on our roster, [Glasnow] might surpass it with his raw stuff, and the ability to shut down any team at any time,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said before the sport. “Do we expect that to be Day 1, today, who knows? We’re facing, obviously, one of the best teams in baseball. But it’s really good to have him back because he changes a lot of things with our personnel.”

It was Glasnow’s first start since May 6 in Houston, when back spasms cut his outing short after one inning. He’d been pitching so properly to start the yr (2.72 ERA in seven begins) that the Dodgers hoped he may keep away from the IL even for precautionary causes.

Instead, he had to halt his throwing development a number of occasions for flare-ups, prolonging his time on the IL.

Misfortune of a different variety adopted Glasnow into the first inning Tuesday. He gave up 4 hits and three runs in that inning, but only one of those hits, Drake Baldwin’s leadoff single, was hit onerous. The relaxation had been merely hit where the Dodgers’ protection couldn’t subject them.

He finally escaped by hanging out Braves No. 7 hitter Mike Yastrzemski, with the help of a profitable ABS problem.

In that 35-pitch first inning, Glasnow threw the kitchen sink at the Braves. But in the second, he simplified.

Glasnow paired down his arsenal to just fastballs (four-seam and sinker), largely up and in, and sliders, largely down and out for chase. It took him just 13 pitches to strike out the facet. He retired the facet in order in the third with roughly the same plan of assault.

In the fourth, he began mixing in his knuckle curve again, even ending the inning on that pitch when Austin Riley failed to verify his swing on a curve that broke into the filth, for strike three.

After that first inning, Glasnow only gave up two more hits. And in 5 innings, he had seven strikeouts.

He left with the rating tied. The backside of the Dodgers’ lineup evened the rating, with RBI singles from Alek Thomas, Hunter Feduccia and Alex Call.

The rating remained knotted until the eighth inning, when Dodgers left-hander Tanner Scott gave up a leadoff double to Matt Olson — the first extra-base hit of the sport — and a two-out RBI single to Ozzie Albies to give the Braves the lead.

Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani struck back with a triple off the left-field wall to lead off the ninth inning. But the Dodgers stranded him there against Braves nearer Raisel Iglesias.

Glasnow’s return was a major step for the Dodgers as they assemble their postseason pitching employees. The next might be Ohtani’s return to pitching, which may occur as soon as this weekend.

Ohtani is scheduled to throw a bullpen Thursday or Friday, Prior said. Then Ohtani and the Dodgers will finalize next steps. But supervisor Dave Roberts didn’t rule out the likelihood of Ohtani making a short start Sunday in Detroit.