The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t benefit from home cooking as their first night back at Dodger Stadium from a nine-game road trip resulted in a 4-3 loss to the San Diego Padres.
Rich Hill had early command trouble but it paled in comparison to taking a fastball from Clayton Richard off his upper chest in the bottom of the fourth inning. Hill immediately went down in a heap of pain and was checked on by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and trainer Nate Lucero.
Hill eventually rose to his feet and remained in the game, and went on to throw two scoreless innings as a welt and bruise formed on his chest.