Glasnow, Wrobleski answer bell at critical times

Tyler Glasnow threw seven, maybe eight, pitches in the bullpen.

- BILL SHAIKIN COLUMNIST

TYLER GLASNOW needed just three pitches to get out of the ninth inning in Game 6 on Friday.

(ROBERT GAUTHIER Los Angeles Times)

There was no more time to wait. The red emergency light was flashing.

For 14 years, Glasnow has made a nice living as a pitcher. He has thrown hard, if not always durably or effectively.

There is one thing he had not done. In 320 games, from the minors to the majors, from the Arizona Fall League to the World Series, he never had earned a save.

Until Friday, that is, and only after the Dodgers presented him with this opportunity out of equal parts confidence and desperation: Please save us. The winning run is at the plate with no one out. If you fail, we lose the World Series.

No pressure, kid.

He is not one of the more intense personalities on the roster, which makes him a good fit in a situation in which someone else might think twice, or more, at the magnitude of the moment.

"I honestly didn’t have time to think about it," Glasnow said.

In Game 6 on Friday, the Dodgers in order used a starter to start, a reliever to relieve, the closer of the moment, and then Glasnow to close.

In Game 7 on Saturday, the Dodgers plan to start Shohei Ohtani, likely followed by a parade of starters.

Glasnow, who said he could not recall pitching on back-to-back days, could be one of them.

"I threw three pitches," he said. "I'm ready to go."