Hamels preparing for Thursday start after no-hitter

After his scoreless inning in the 9th, he also managed to record a home run as a pitcher. “It’s a nice feeling”. Each game he would tweet out the first Cubs hit of the game and let us know the current number of games the streak had lasted.

After getting shelled to the tune of 20 hits and 14 earned runs in just 6.1 innings of work in his previous two starts combined, Hamels saved his best for his final showcase before the deadline. He also had an RBI single in Philadelphia’s three-run fourth.

After he was staked to a big lead, the right-hander retired 11 straight in one stretch.

“He looked like he was not extremely unfocused”, Mackanin said”. “Unacceptable. Just too many pitches up in the zone and didn’t really stick with the game plan at all”. But he got plenty of support in this one. Neither was the timing of his start – one day after Hamels’ no-hitter.

“I wouldn’t say nervous, but I had some jitters at the beginning of the game”, Nola said. It wasn’t as good as a no hitter, but to me it was a damn fine follow-up. “I’m telling you it goes away”. “It worked out for the most part”. “After a couple of pitches, a couple of batters went by, I felt normal again”.

Addison Russell and Dexter Fowler homered off Nola, but the Cubs lost for the fourth time in five games.

The Mets hit four home runs as Kelly Johnson and Daniel Murphy connected before Lucas Duda hit solo home runs in consecutive at-bats.

Even Cubs manager Joe Maddon was impressed by Hamels and called his changeup outstanding. They didn’t give us a chance, so give them some credit. They finished with 17 hits on Sunday, including three triples. Quality pitching. Making all the plays, which we did. He allowed five hits, two home runs, walked two and struck out six. While lowering his ERA from 3.91 to 3.64, he added to his historic day with an eighth-inning double.

Stephen Piscotty’s sacrifice fly to in the bottom of the eighth inning off reliever Luis Avilan scored pinch-runner Pete Kozma with the only run. But the game quickly got out of hand from there. He has 18 homers on the year.

The Phillies continue to seek at least one very high-end prospect for Hamels, the ace lefty who just threw the first complete no-hitter of his career.

The big name heading into the trade deadline is Cole Hamels, the Philadelphia Phillies pitcher who has a lot of teams after him, including the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants, but has a better shot of ending up playing for either the Los Angeles Dodgers or Texas Rangers. The 2008 World Series MVP has been mentioned prominently in trade talks as the July 31 deadline approaches. He threw a total of 129 pitches to get the job done. That’s a good sign. “I just try to throw it and hope they hit it at somebody”.

Chicago’s All-Star No. 3 and No. 4 hitters – Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo – continued to struggle at the plate. The Phillies escaped to a 3-0 lead in the first as the initial four hitters got on base.

Jose Abreu drove in three runs, Melky Cabrera was 3 for 5 with two RBIs and Carlos Sanchez hit his first major league homer.

The Blue Jays trailed 6-4 in the eighth before pinch-hitter Ezequiel Carrera tied the score with a two-run homer.

Phillies: LHP Adam Morgan (1-2, 4.28 ERA) is scheduled to start on Tuesday at Toronto.