Rich Hill gets roughed up in Pirates 8-4 loss to Twins
Rich Hill’s final spring training start did not go the way he would have wanted as the Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated 8-4 by the Minnesota Twins on Monday in Fort Myers.
The veteran left-hander was tagged for seven runs on 11 hits, including a pair of home runs, in 4.2 innings of work. Hill did not walk a batter and punched out three. On the bright side for Hill, he was able to retire the final seven batters he faced.
In the ninth inning, prospect Maikol Escotto hit an opposite-field, three-run shot in his first at-bat of the game.
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