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Hello and welcome to the second half, which unfortunately looked a lot like the closing of the first half for the Dodgers. Tyler Glasnow and Quinn Priester were locked into a pitchers’ duel, and after Glasnow gave up a questionable run to start the scoring that was basically all she wrote. The offense continued to turn in useless at-bat after useless at-bat as they got shutout 2-0 by the Brewers.
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Tyler Glasnow looked like the guy the Dodgers traded for tonight, touching 100 and mostly not being squared up.
Through the first four innings he gave up two-out singles in the 2nd and 3rd, but that was it. The 5th appeared to start with an Isaac Collins groundout to first, but it was called a foul ball even though it didn’t really look like it hit his foot, then Glasnow got squeezed on a pitch and issued a walk.
Other than getting squeezed at the end of this at-bat, did that even hit Collins' foot? Anyway, his run is the first of the game. pic.twitter.com/1tZzOlP024
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 19, 2025
That eventually cost them, as Caleb Durbin doubled down the line in left to score him and plate the game’s first run.
Where my Caleb Durbin heads at pic.twitter.com/xyh35qN670
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 19, 2025
Glasnow continued to be effective otherwise, getting out of that inning and then working around a one-out single in the 6th to complete a great start: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K, 88 Pitches
Tyler Glasnow strikes out six over six pretty dominant innings, allowing just a (questionable) run. Too bad about his team. pic.twitter.com/hCtDadvZLT
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 19, 2025
Unfortunately, he still exited the game trailing 1-0.
That’s because Brewers starter Quinn Priester was carving the Dodgers lineup. He struck out the side in the 1st, didn’t allow a lead-off single from Will Smith to move in the 2nd, and got a clean 3rd. Priester did give up a one-out double to Freddie Freeman in the 4th, but that threat lasted all of one pitch as Smith lined into a double play.
Freddie Freeman's 534th career double ties LOU GEHRIG on the all-time list ? pic.twitter.com/ke5QuEfhCa
— MLB (@MLB) July 19, 2025
Priester then resumed his dominance, striking out the side in the 5th. Hyeseong Kim did single to start the 6th, but two outs later Shohei Ohtani had only replaced him at first with a force out. Ohtani stole second, which gave them a shot with RISP, but that too only lasted one pitch as Mookie Betts struck out.
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For the Dodgers pen, Kirby Yates took over in the 7th and almost gave up a homer earlier in the inning before actually giving up a homer to Durbin for a 2-0 lead.
Welcome to the Caleb Durbin show ‼️ https://t.co/3ftgaCMoT9 pic.twitter.com/QbYL0Bpmcq
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 19, 2025
Will Klein got two outs in the 8th but also gave up two singles, giving way to Lou Trivino, who walked the bases loaded but then got out of it with a strikeout. Trivino continued in the 9th, but gave up two singles while only getting one out. Anthony Banda entered and escaped the jam for him with a pair of groundouts.
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None of that mattered much, as the Brewers pen faced the minimum over the final three innings, giving up just a walk in the 7th that was erased by a double play.
Whee.
How bad are they in July? Real fucking bad.
July (74 wRC+) is horrific, but even if they hit like June (110), they'd be fine. It's mostly just that they started as the best hitting team in baseball through May (129), so it feels like it's been like almost two months of not that.
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 19, 2025
I didn't realize, but like holy shit, man. https://t.co/YpuxL5hiDe pic.twitter.com/mYADydOy8F
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) July 19, 2025
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| NL West | Record | GB |
|---|---|---|
| Dodgers | 58-40 | – |
| Padres | 53-44 | 4.5 |
| Giants | 52-46 | 6.0 |
The two teams do it again tomorrow an hour earlier at 3:10 PM HT/6:10 PM PT/9:10 PM ET. It’ll be Emmet Sheehan getting a real start and rotation shot against Freddy Peralta.
