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Far from perfect: Hill suffers first LA loss
- Updated: September 16, 2016
PHOENIX — All of those streaks of domination that made Rich Hill the hottest pitcher in the game ended Thursday night.
In a 7-3 Dodgers loss to Arizona, Hill’s run of consecutive batters retired ended at 27, scoreless innings pitched ended at 20 and innings without allowing a home run ended at 69, all on a second-inning pitch Mitch Heniger blasted off the center-field batter’s eye at Chase Field.
Five days after creating a nightmare scenario for manager Dave Roberts — removing Hill from a perfect game after seven innings — Hill made it easy for Roberts to hook him in a five-run sixth inning. By then, Hill had been charged with four runs and made 93 pitches, four more than led to his controversial exit in Miami as a precaution for finger blisters.
Hill nearly got himself removed by umpires an inning earlier for a heated exchange with opposing pitcher Archie Bradley in the fifth inning. Leading off, Hill squared to bunt, Bradley’s …
