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Dodgers Dugout: Rich Hill and the 'third time through the lineup' fallacy

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. Finally, the Dodgers offense comes around and the pitching falls apart. With only 151 games left in the season, they can't possibly rebound from this.

As I'm sure you all know, the Dodgers (and many other teams) feel it is best if a starting pitcher doesn't face a batter more than two times in one game. That's often why you will see them pull Rich Hill or Hyun-Jin Ryu or Kenta Maeda or Alex Wood after four or five or six innings, even if they are pitching well.