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Rich Hill comes full circle in start against Blue Jays

You could say the game that turned it around for Rich Hill was a 4-3 win over the Blue Jays last year in Toronto on Sept. 20.

Then he was just a guy fresh out of the independent leagues, lucky to have caught on with the Red Sox with Boston needing any able-armed starting pitcher the Sox could find. Now he’s the best starting pitcher on the free agent market and arguably one of the best starters in the game.

And on Sunday he faces the Jays for the first time since that Rogers Centre win.

“I remember almost everything about that game,’’ Hill said.