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Rich Hill's first 98 pitches left the Pittsburgh Pirates confounded, occasionally fuming and absolutely hitless. His 99th turned a potentially historic night by the Los Angeles Dodgers lefty into something else entirely: A loss. After Hill's bid for a perfect game was spoiled by a leadoff error in the ninth inning, Josh Harrison started the 10th by connecting on an 88 mph fastball over the middle of the plate and sending a drive into the first row of seats in left field. It wrecked Hill's improbable — and improbably lengthy — try at a no-hitter and lifted the Pirates to a stunning 1-0 win on Wednesday. "It falls on me, this one — one bad pitch," Hill said. Dodgers left fielder Curtis Granderson Continue to Article

August 23, 2017 11:36:pm EST

Instead, four batters later, it was over: As Josh Harrison circled the bases following his walk-off home run in the 10th and as Pittsburgh mobbed the field, Hill staggered off the mound at PNC Park, the owner of perhaps the unluckiest and toughest loss the game has ever seen. “It falls on me, on this one,” Hill told reporters afterward. For eight innings, Hill was literally untouchable. Continue to Article

August 23, 2017 11:24:pm EST

On Wednesday night Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill lost his bid for a perfect game and subsequently his chance at a no-hitter in one of the most heartbreaking games of baseball you'll ever witness. With no outs in the inning, Pirates first baseman Josh Bell hit a shot toward second that for a moment felt like the end of Hill's pursuit of perfection, only for Utley to make a diving catch that would have gone down as the defining defensive moment of this game had the perfect game come to fruition. Chase … are you serious? Continue to Article

August 23, 2017 11:11:pm EST

In over 210,000 games of Major League Baseball, there have only been 23 perfect games, and fans haven't seen one since Felix Hernandez in 2012. On Wednesday night, it felt like the Dodgers Rich Hill was going to be No. 24. The Dodgers have been rolling with one of the best regular-season stretches in MLB history, and Hill was rolling on Wednesday night, perfect through seven innings with the game still tied 0-0. Continue to Article

August 23, 2017 10:19:pm EST

Despite eight hits, the Los Angeles Dodgers were unable to score. The Pittsburgh Pirates got just one hit off pitcher Rich Hill, but it was a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th inning. Hill had a perfect game through eight innings and did not allow a hit through nine of a scoreless game. Continue to Article

August 23, 2017 10:16:pm EST