Despite early exit, Dodgers’ Rich Hill encouraged by rehab start

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Rich Hill's curveball bent gracefully over the plate into catcher Will Smith's mitt. Tom West, the home plate umpire, was not convinced. He called the pitch a ball. Hill was incredulous.More than a walk, more than the final dagger in his Single-A earned-run average (54.00), ball four meant that Hill's first rehabilitation start was over.