CHICAGO — With the score tied and an announced crowd of 35,596 under the lights at Wrigley Field, Tyler Glasnow walked from the bullpen in right field to the mound in the sixth inning. When Clint Hurdle made the call for the 6-foot-8 right-hander to face the Cubs' bottom three hitters, it was the first time Glasnow entered a game this season with the score tied.
Glasnow proceeded to make the same mistakes that plagued him in the major leagues prior to this season, allowing four runs on three hits as the Cubs pulled away for a 13-5 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday night. It continued the team's struggles in middle relief and dropped their record to 8-3.
Above all else, the loss illustrated that Glasnow, for as promising as he looked in his previous three outings, is still a work in progress as a big-league reliever.
"I think so, with the exception of his stuff being pretty good," Justin Meccage, the Pirates' assistant pitching coach, told DKPittsburghSports.com when asked if Glasnow reverted back to bad habits. "The fastballs were literally right down the middle."
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