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All six Cubs runs scored on two-out,
opposite-field hits as Chicago completed a three-game sweep.
Daniel Descalso went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, and Javier Baez
went 2-for-4 and homered for the second straight game.
Hamels (3-0) allowed just three hits -- all singles -- and no
walks, striking out eight and lowering his ERA to 2.77. He got
11 groundouts.
From the second inning to the seventh, he retired 15 consecutive
batters. In Hamels' past three starts, he has allowed no walks
and three runs while striking out 19.
Brad Brach and Allen Webster finished the five-hit shutout as
Cubs pitchers held Miami scoreless for the final 23 innings of
this series.
Miami's Sandy Alcantara (1-2) took the loss in just his 10th
major league start, allowing seven hits, one walk and five runs
in six innings.
Chicago opened the scoring in the second. Wilson Contreras lined
a first-pitch fastball to left for a double high off the wall
with two outs. Descalso then beat the shift, grounding a single
through the shortstop hole for a 1-0 lead.
The Cubs stretched their lead to 5-0 in the third. Baez and
Jason Heyward stroked run-scoring singles, and Descalso capped
the rally by lofting a two-run double that one-hopped the wall
in left.
Hamels entered the seventh having allowed only one hit -- a
line-drive over the pitcher by Jorge Alfaro to lead off the
second inning. But Hamels got into trouble in the seventh as
Miami loaded the bases with one out on singles by Martin Prado
and Alfaro and an error on Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant.
However, Hamels escaped the jam by battling back from a 3-0
count to strike out Starlin Castro swinging and getting Miguel
Rojas on a hard liner to right.
Chicago stretched its lead to 6-0 in the eighth as Baez homered
on a full-count fastball from reliever Nick Anderson.
--Field Level Media
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