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Saturday 28 July 2018

VERDICT’S IN

Texas Rangers pitcher Cole
Hamels smiles as he talks
to teammates in the dug-
out during the third inning of
the team's baseball game
against the Oakland Athletics
on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in
Arlington, Texas.
Associated Press
Cubs get

LHP Cole

Hamels in

trade with

Rangers

By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chi-
cago Cubs are gambling
a change of scenery and
a pennant race will help
Cole Hamels return to form.
The Cubs acquired the vet-
eran left-hander and cash
from the Texas Rangers on
Friday for right-hander Ed-
die Butler, minor league
pitcher Rollie Lacy and a
player to be named.
Hamels is in the midst of
perhaps the worst year of
his career, going 5-9 with
a 4.72 ERA in 20 starts with
last-place Texas. He is just
1-3 with an 11.12 ERA in
four starts in July.
But the 34-year-old Hamels Yankees slugger Aaron Judge suffers fractured wrist
is an experienced playoff
pitcher with a history of
success at Wrigley Field.
He was the NL Champion-
ship Series and World Series New York Yankees' Aaron Judge reacts after being hit by a pitch during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the
MVP when Philadelphia Kansas City Royals on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in New York. The Yankees won 7-2.
won the title in 2008. Associated Press
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