Rich Hill did what needed to be done. He started the game and pitched into the seventh, gave the Dodgers a chance to win, kept runners off the bases by allowing just one hit and gave his bullpen, one that threw a combined 170 pitches in game three’s 18-inning marathon, a chance to take a breather.
But, Hill told Dave Roberts he was starting to fatigue. Hill said to monitor him “batter by batter” and when Roberts did that and made the move to the bullpen, the game came crumbling down to the ground like a card tower in wind.