per Barry Svrluga
Still, the club wants [Shawn Hill] to stretch himself out and face better competition, so he’ll pitch for Class AAA Columbus on Sunday, not for the major league club. Manny Acta, who was there last night, had this to say:
“We need to see him [against] better competition,” Acta said. “We want him to see better competition. Obviously before last night, he pitched in our controlled environment that we had in Florida, and last night was a real type of game, and he didn’t even see a lefty the whole game. And also, we want him to get his pitch count up. He only threw 69 pitches in the game.”
Columbus plays in Charlotte on Sunday afternoon.
It’s good to see the Nationals stretch Hill out for at least one more start.
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