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- Updated: October 1, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Next to the AT&T Park locker of Brandon McCarthy, who probably won’t pitch in the National League Division Series, is the locker of Rich Hill, who starts Game 2 for the Dodgers against the Nationals.
Before McCarthy’s comeback from Tommy John surgery was marred by the six runs he allowed Friday in the Dodgers’ 9-3 loss to the Giants, Hill tuned up with four scoreless innings after allowing a pair of runs in the first and said his persistent blisters were “no issue.”
“In the first inning, failing to get the first batter out, you get out of order,” Hill said. “Overall, I feel great, the ball came out pretty well. It wasn’t the …