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Hill Picks Up Where He Left Off, but Nats Lose
1B Dmitri Young was back in the lineup for the first time since last Wednesday in San Francisco. He said his tight left hamstring felt healed. “I worked on strengthening the area around it,” he said. ... RHP Jason Bergmann (hamstring), who had a four-inning rehabilitation start for Class AAA Columbus on Monday, will get at least one more minor league start. Manager Manny Acta said Bergmann ...
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King of the Hill
The Nationals Enquirer — ... (Shawn Hill, via Washington Post, 8/15/2007) ...

Back on the Hill
District of Baseball - MLB returns to DC — ... Shawn Hill last night pitched as if, as the Post put it, he "merely had pressed pause on the DVD player, then went to get some soda and popcorn before returning to the comfort of the couch." Hill, in his first start in three months, threw six innings of one-hit shutout ball. The Nats scored two runs on a Tony Batista pinch-hit double in the seventh, but gave up the lead in the eighth in a rally that started with another Ryan Zimmerman throwing error and ended with a Russell Branyan two-run homer. Nats lose to the Phillies, 3-2. ( ...

Hill is Back!
We've Got Heart — ... Things started to fall apart in the 8th inning. Ayala was replaced by Rauch on the mound. Zimmerman stopped a ground ball, but the throw to first was wide and the runner advanced to second. Ryan was given his 18th error of the season. When facing his next two batters, Rauch allowed a single, making the game 2-1, then a go-ahead two run homer to make the score 3-2. It was disappointing when these guys had worked so hard for 7 solid innings, to see it all go to waste with a bad pitch. ...

Strong bullpen blows game for Hill
DC Pro Sports Report — ... And if that was not convincing, Acta further stated, ...

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