Pirates' Tyler Glasnow: Still looking for consistency

Glasnow gave up five runs on six hits and a walk in 2.2 innings Monday. He balked once and struck out one batter, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.

He retired the first six batters he faced before running into trouble with fastball command inside the strike zone. After the game, he mentioned the team's instruction for him to throw primarily fastballs as a reason why he struggled. "Especially the second time through the lineup when you know a fastball is coming, it's going to be easier to get hit," said Glasnow. "But I stuck to a gameplan and established (the fastballs) in the zone for strikes, at least. It was a little over the middle, but ..." Manager Clint Hurdle said Glasnow's execution was more of the issue than the gameplan. It's never good when a manager and his player are seemingly at odds. After a promising beginning to camp, Glasnow has fallen behind in the race for a rotation spot.