Mets rain on Glasnow, batter Pirates in 7-2 win
innings. All five were earned runs charged to his ledger, alongside eight hits. In five innings, he threw 87 pitches and struck out three batters.
Through 10 starts this season, Glasnow has a 6.95 ERA.
Glasnow showed a different side Sunday, and not just the tattoos he revealed for ESPN’s cameras that show his love for rap music — the words “No Juice” are inked on the inside of his lower lip, and the face of rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard is on the bottom of his right foot. He showed command too. For the first time in 14 starts for the Pirates, Glasnow issued no walks.
Early on, the Mets worked deep in counts but made little hard contact, as their first nine outs were divided into six ground balls, two strikeouts and a fly ball. The first time through the order, they averaged five pitches per at-bat and had one hit and no runs. Then they attacked. The rest of the way, they had seven hits, five runs and an average of three pitches per at-bat.
Glasnow threw firstpitch strikes to 16 of 23 batters he faced, checking a box manager Clint Hurdle analyzes during every start. Perhaps Glasnow became predictable with his early-count sequencing. He threw a first-pitch strike to every Mets hitter the second time through the order, and that’s when they awoke, collecting four hits and three runs over those nine at-bats.
The trouble began for Glasnow in the fourth, after Gregory Polanco had put the Pirates ahead, 1-0, with a leadoff home run in the second. It was Polanco’s third home run this season.
With one out, Bruce hit an infield single and Neil Walker sent a ground ball through the right side. Glasnow was on the ropes. After Lucas Duda flied out to left, Asdrubal Cabrera knocked a fly ball off the top of the wall in center field for a two-run double.
Harvey kicked off a fifthinning rally with a brokenbat single. On Curtis Granderson’s double off the wall in left-center field. Andrew McCutchen leaped for the ball but did not come down with it. Jose Reyes lined an RBI single past diving second baseman Josh Harrison, and Bruce belted a two-run double down the right-field line, just wide of first baseman Josh Bell.
The Mets added two runs off reliever Jhan Marinez, including a Duda solo homer in the seventh.