Rich Hill couldn’t command either his fastball or curve, which was a problem since he only has a fastball and curve. Hill surely wasn’t helped by a bizarre strike zone where the umpire seemingly couldn’t get a handle on how to deal with his curve, but for the most part it was Hill who didn’t help himself.
Hill walked a whopping 7 batters on the night in 4 innings, which is primarily what drove him to surrender 5 runs, as he gave up only 4 hits and struck out 4 batters. However, only 40 of your 82 pitches going for strikes it generally going to end badly, and this certainly did.