Hill improved to 9-3 with Thursday's win over the Astros, allowing just one run with 10 strikeouts compared to just two walks across six strong innings.
Hill was a strike-throwing machine Thursday, as he pounded the zone at a 65% clip and induced 11 swinging strikes while notching 10 punchouts for the third time this season. He has picked up right where he left off after a month-long layoff, allowing just three runs with 16 strikeouts in 12 innings across a pair of starts since returning, and he will take a shiny 2.25 ERA into his next start after the All-Star break.