Everything you need to know about the Dodgers' game Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants, including a pitcher designated for assignment prior to the game.
The Dodgers designated right-handed relief pitcher Ricky Vanasco for assignment ahead of Wednesday's game against the San Francisco Giants and activated Tyler Glasnow, who'll make his first start since a lower back injury sent him to the injured list after his July 5 start against Milwaukee.
Vanasco made his major league debut with the Dodgers on April 15 and pitched only two innings at the MLB level this season. He's thrown 23.1 innings at Triple-A Oklahoma City, pitching to a 3.47 ERA.Tyler Glasnow will be starting for the Dodgers with an 8-5 record and a 3.47 ERA. Despite going 19 games between starts while nursing a back injury, he's among the best pitchers in the game when healthy and should be able to bounce bvack against the slumping Giants' lineup.
• Dodgers right fielder Teoscar Hernández has a 17-game on-base streak, during which he holds a .378 batting average. • Glasnow ranks third in the majors in WHIP and batting average against , and fifth in strikeouts with a total of 143.J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content for Inside the Dodgers, and is the author of 'The 50 Greatest Dodger Games Of All Time.' He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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