The Los Angeles Dodgers have become painfully familiar with blister trouble since trading for Rich Hill last season, as the southpaw has dealt with the issue on three notable occasions.
But on Thursday, it was Brandon McCarthy who was forced to an early exit because of a blister. Granted, it wasn’t necessarily the determining factor to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts removing McCarthy after just four innings.
He’d allowed a two-run home run to Adam Wainwright, already thrown 85 pitches, and Brett Eibner represented the tying run as the pinch-hitter with nobody out in the top of the fifth.