Glasnow's solid return should steady Dodgers' rotation. Now they just need to start hitting again

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyler Glasnow returned in fine form to steady the Los Angeles Dodgers’ injury-riddled pitching staff, but the reigning World Series champions’ star-studded lineup suddenly could use a lift as well.

Glasnow came off the injured list Wednesday and allowed just one unearned run over five innings Wednesday while pitching for the Dodgers for the first time since April 27. His return should fortify a pitching staff that still has two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, Michael Kopech, Brusdal Graterol and Blake Treinen out due to injuries.

“I’m glad I could go out and feel healthy and feel strong,” said Glasnow, who had been dealing with shoulder inflammation. “I’m just ready to go again after the break.”

But the Dodgers still fell 3-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday as their hitting struggles continued. The Dodgers have dropped six straight games for the first time since April 2019, and they’ve scored a total of 10 runs during that skid.

“Scoring one or two runs is not going to cut it,” said Miguel Rojas, who scored both of the Dodgers’ runs Wednesday. “We have to do better.”

Injuries have played a role in the Dodgers’ recent shortcomings.

Utilityman Kiké Hernández and infielder Max Muncy are on the injured list, while second baseman Tommy Edman and outfielder Teoscar Hernández fouled balls off their feet Saturday. Edman returned to the starting lineup Wednesday after missing three games, while Hernández walked as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning.

But the Dodgers still have MVPs Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman at the top of the lineup. They just haven’t been able to produce any big innings while getting swept by the Houston Astros and Brewers. The Dodgers never had been swept by the Brewers in Milwaukee before this week.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he liked the way his team competed by drawing seven walks Wednesday. But the Dodgers left 11 men on base and went 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position. They still led 2-1 before the Brewers tied the game in the ninth inning and won it in the 10th.

“It’s one of those things that we’ve got to find a way to weather it,” Roberts said. “You don’t want guys trying to press to just get it all back with one swing. I think the messaging is just go out there and keep taking the at bats we took today.”

The Dodgers can afford this type of slump.

This losing streak followed a 15-3 stretch that game the Dodgers a large cushion in the NL West. They remain five games ahead of the San Francisco Giants, who host the Dodgers in a three-game series starting Friday. The Dodgers will face All-Star right-hander Logan Webb in the opener.

They don’t want to let the Giants creep any closer before the All-Star break.

“We know what we’re looking for,” Rojas said. “We’re looking to win another championship. Playing this kind of baseball is not going to get us there.”

The Dodgers made room for Glasnow on the roster by sending reliever Alexis Díaz back to the minors, one day after calling him up.

In another move Wednesday, the Dodgers sent minor league outfielder Steward Berroa to the Brewers for cash. The Brewers optioned Berroa to Triple-A Nashville and placed him on that team’s injured list with right shoulder bursitis.

The Brewers also designated right-handed pitcher Elvin Rodríguez for assignment.

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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow ties his shoe during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow loses his shoe during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow throws to the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

FILE - Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Alexis Díaz works in the eighth inning of a baseball game, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Glenn Hall, a Hockey Hall of Famer whose ironman streak of 502 starts as a goaltender remains an NHL record, has died. He was 94.

Nicknamed “Mr. Goalie,” Hall worked to stop pucks at a time when players at his position were bare-faced, before masks of any kind became commonplace. He did it as well as just about anyone of his generation, which stretched from the days of the Original Six into the expansion era.

A spokesperson for the Chicago Blackhawks confirmed the team received word of Hall’s death from his family. A league historian in touch with Hall’s son, Pat, said Hall died at a hospital in Stony Plain, Alberta, on Wednesday.

A pioneer of the butterfly style of goaltending of dropping to his knees, Hall backstopped Chicago to the Stanley Cup in 1961. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs in 1968 with St. Louis when the Blues reached the final before losing to Montreal. He was the second of just six Conn Smythe winners from a team that did not hoist the Cup.

His run of more than 500 games in net is one of the most untouchable records in sports, given how the position has changed in the decades since. Second in history is Alec Connell with 257 from 1924-30.

“Glenn was sturdy, dependable and a spectacular talent in net,” Commissioner Gary Bettman said. “That record, set from 1955-56 to 1962-63, still stands, probably always will, and is almost unfathomable — especially when you consider he did it all without a mask.”

Counting the postseason, Hall started 552 games in a row.

Hall won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 1956 when playing for the Detroit Red Wings. After two seasons, he was sent to the Black Hawks along with legendary forward Ted Lindsay.

Hall earned two of his three Vezina Trophy honors as the league's top goalie with Chicago, in 1963 and '67. The Blues took him in the expansion draft when the NHL doubled from six teams to 12, and he helped them reach the final in each of their first three years of existence, while winning the Vezina again at age 37.

Hall was in net when Boston's Bobby Orr scored in overtime to win the Cup for the Bruins in 1970, a goal that's among the most famous in hockey history because of the flying through the air celebration that followed. He played one more season with St. Louis before retiring in 1971.

“His influence extended far beyond the crease," Blues chairman Tom Stillman said. “From the very beginning, he brought credibility, excellence, and heart to a new team and a new NHL market.”

A native of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Hall was a seven-time first-team NHL All-Star who had 407 wins and 84 shutouts in 906 regular-season games. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975, and his No. 1 was retired by Chicago in 1988.

Hall was chosen as one of the top 100 players in the league's first 100 years.

Blackhawks chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz called Hall an innovator and “one of the greatest and most influential goaltenders in the history of our sport and a cornerstone of our franchise.”

“We are grateful for his extraordinary contributions to hockey and to our club, and we will honor his memory today and always,” Wirtz said.

The Blackhawks paid tribute to Hall and former coach and general manager Bob Pulford with a moment of silence before Wednesday night’s game against St. Louis. Pulford died Monday.

A Hall highlight video was shown on the center-ice videoboard. The lights were turned off for the moment of silence, except for a spotlight on the No. 1 banner for Hall that hangs in the rafters at the United Center.

Fellow Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur, the league's leader in wins with 691 and games played with 1,266, posted a photo of the last time he saw Hall along with a remembrance of him.

“Glenn Hall was a legend, and I was a big fan of his,” Brodeur said on social media. “He set the standard for every goaltender who followed. His toughness and consistency defined what it meant to play.”

AP Sports Writer Jay Cohen in Chicago contributed to this report.

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FILE - Glenn Hall, second from left, stands with fellow former Chicago Blackhawks players Stan Mikita, former general manager Tommy Ivan, Bobby Hull, Bill Wirtz and Tony Esposito during a pre-game ceremony at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Ill., April 14, 1994. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)

FILE - St. Louis Blues goalie Glenn Hall, top right, is pinned to his net waiting to make a save on a Montreal Canadians shot as Blues' Noel Picard (4) tries to block the puck while Canadiens' John Ferguson (22) and Ralph Backstorm wait for a rebound in the third period of their NHL hockey Stanley Cup game, May 5, 1968. (AP Photo/Fred Waters, File)