Hill (0-1) allowed four runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk over 2.2 innings in a fill-in Opening Day start for Sonny Gray (food poisoning) Monday against the White Sox. He struck out three in the loss.
Hill was fine until the third inning, but with one out a walk and a throwing error opened the door for the White Sox, who pounced with the help of an additional error by first baseman Mark Canha. Hill had his swing-and-miss stuff working, as he induced six on just 66 pitches. But he wasn't sharp, as he managed just six first pitch strikes to 14 hitters -- perhaps to be expected from a fill-in start from a swingman on Opening Day.