Rays' Glasnow on tipping pitches: 'It was pretty obvious'


Reuters | Florida | Updated: 11-10-2019 11:11 IST | Created: 11-10-2019 11:06 IST
Rays' Glasnow on tipping pitches: 'It was pretty obvious'
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Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow inadvertently gave the Houston Astros a little extra help in advancing to the American League Championship Series. Glasnow appeared to be tipping his pitches on Thursday, allowing Houston to get the early jump on the hurler en route to a 6-1 victory in Game 5 of the ALDS.

"I went back and looked and it was pretty obvious. As far as the tips go," the 26-year-old Glasnow said. "I'm not going to say that's the reason why. I left some pitches over the middle of the plate and they're really good hitters and they can do things with it. I don't care how hard you throw to good hitters. I don't know if that's what it was, but when I look back, it was pretty obvious."

The Astros scored three runs before Glasnow recorded an out in the first inning. Yuli Gurriel tacked on another run with an RBI single against Glasnow (0-2), who allowed four earned runs on five hits in 2 2/3 innings. Rays manager Kevin Cash didn't put much stock in the notion that Glasnow was giving the Astros some unexpected help in the decisive game of the series.

"I'm aware that there is speculation about pitch tipping," Cash said. "It's something that we have discussed. It's a little tough to do that, make an adjustment in Game 5 of a division series. "But at the end of the day, give the guys the credit that went up to the plate and put the ball in play and hit line drives. I think that's what did us in."

Houston's Alex Bregman denied the accusation that Glasnow was tipping his pitches. "No, no, no," Bregman said. "He's as tough to face as anybody, I think if you went around and asked everybody on our team, it was just a team approach today. It was just one at-bat after another. ... I feel like with him you just had to pick a pitch and try to put a pretty good swing on it."

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