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Hamels solid in debut as Cubs throttle Pirates 9-2

By The Associated Press Flores's ninth-inning homer.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cole Jose Reyes homered from
Hamels had little trouble in both sides of the plate for
his return to the National the Mets, his 11th career
League, keeping Pittsburgh multihomer game and his
in check over five innings to first since Sept. 8.
lead Chicago. DODGERS 6, BREWERS 4, 10
Hamels (6-9), acquired in a INNINGS
trade with Texas last week, LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yas-
gave up one unearned mani Grandal hit a two-
run on three hits. The four- run homer — his second
time All-Star struck out nine of the game — in the 10th
and walked two to pick up inning, rallying the Dodgers
his first win for a National past the Brewers to snap a
League team in more than three-game skid.
three years. The win was also highlight-
Willson Contreras went 3 ed by Brian Dozier's homer
for 4 with a home run and in his Dodgers' debut after
three RBIs for the Cubs. Ja- arriving from Minnesota
son Heyward and Ben Zo- on Tuesday. All-Star Matt
brist had three hits apiece Kemp ended an 0-for-26
while Kyle Schwarber and skid with a single leading
Javy Baez each added Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Cole Hamels delivers in the fourth inning of the team's baseball off the inning against Matt
two hits and an RBI for Chi- game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Albers (3-3). Grandal fol-
cago. Associated Press lowed with his 19th homer
The Cubs wasted little after the Dodgers had
time jumping on Pittsburgh WASHINGTON (AP) — Tom- Tuesday night by jumping games since returning after blown a 4-2 lead. The Brew-
rookie Nick Kingham (5-6), my Milone worked seven on Noah Syndergaard (6-2) the birth of his first child. ers tied it 4-all in the eighth.
touching him for four runs strong innings to get his first early. Bryce Harper singled Filling in for the injured Ste- Mike Moustakas doubled
in the first inning to give win in more than a year, in the first inning to drive in phen Strasburg, Milone (1- off reliever Scott Alexander,
Hamels plenty of breathing Anthony Rendon homered Trea Turner, who had stolen 0) mixed his pitches effec- who gave up three walks
room. Kingham needed 51 and Washington beat New second. In the third, Ren- tively and faced little stress — one intentional — before
pitches to get through the York to move back above don got hold of a hanging in the second start of his Manny Pina singled in Ryan
first and didn't come out for .500. curveball for his 16th homer second stint with Washing- Braun. Dylan Floro (4-2) got
the second. The Nationals followed their this season, scoring Turner. ton. Kelvin Herrera got the the win after retiring the
NATIONALS 5, METS 3 25-4 blowout of the Mets on Rendon has six RBIs in two save after allowing Wilmer side in the 10th.q

Mets' Cespedes has first of

2 planned heel surgeries

By LARRY FLEISHER hit .262 with nine homers
Associated Press and 29 RBIs in 38 games this
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets season. He missed over two
slugger Yoenis Cespedes months with what the Mets
had surgery on his right said was a strained right
heel Thursday, the first of hip flexor and homered in
two procedures that will his return from the disabled
likely sideline him for eight list July 20 against the
to 10 months. Yankees.
Dr. Robert Anderson The return was brief as
removed bone Cespedes stunned the
calcification in Cespedes' Mets by saying he was
heel during the operation considering surgery on both
in Green Bay, Wisconsin. heels. He sat out the next
Assistant general manager game and was placed on
John Ricco said Thursday the 10-day disabled list on
that Cespedes will rest for July 24.
eight to 12 weeks before Since the start of 2017 —
getting surgery on his left the first season of his $110
heel. million, four-year contract
"The surgery went well as — lower leg injuries have
expected, so that was limited Cespedes to 119
positive news," Ricco said. games.
Ricco also said doctors The Mets have said they
want to make sure were aware Cespedes'
Cespedes has some heel issues when they
New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes watches his team play the San Diego Padres during the first in- mobility in the right leg acquired him from Detroit
ning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in New York. before the second surgery. at the 2015 non-waiver
Associated Press
The 32-year-old outfielder deadline.q