For the second consecutive start — his only starts this season — a blister foiled Hill’s chance to pitch deep into the game. Hill lasted only three innings in Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Dodgers said Hill left after “re-aggravating” the blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand.
He looked at his finger after Taijuan Walker singled in the third inning on a curve, the pitch that most triggers the apparently recurrent blister.
Hill completed the inning, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk, then returned to the dugout and slammed his glove against a wall as he headed toward the clubhouse.