Rizzo homers twice, helping Cubs beat Giants 5-3
(CHICAGO) – Cole Hamels is searching for his usual form. And for at least Tuesday night, he found it. Hamels pitched six innings for his first win in two months, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Anthony Rizzo homered twice for Chicago, and Nicholas Castellanos also went deep. ...... {LISTEN}. Jonathan Lucroy contributed a key run-scoring single after Chicago won a replay challenge. The Cubs (67-58) earned their third straight win and stayed a half-game back of NL Central-leading St. Louis, which posted a 9-4 win over Milwaukee. Hamels (7-4) permitted three runs and five hits in his first win since June 12 at Colorado. The left-hander went 0-2 with a 6.12 ERA in his previous six starts, including a shaky performance at Philadelphia last week. San Francisco dropped to 3-2 on a nine-game trip. Austin Slater hit a two-run homer for the Giants (63-63), and Kevin Pillar added a solo drive. The game was tied at 3 when the Cubs went ahead to stay in the fifth, helped by a successful challenge. With no outs and Rizzo on first, Javier Baez hit a hard grounder to first baseman Brandon Belt. Thinking Belt had already touched first, Rizzo headed back to the bag as Baez motored down the line. Rizzo and Baez bumped into each other just beyond the base as shortstop Abiatal Avelino made the relay to first. It was originally called a double play, but Baez was ruled safe after the review. Craig Kimbrel finished for his 10th save in 12 chances for Chicago.

OTHER N.L. SCORES
Pittsburgh 4 – Washington 1
Cincinnati 3 – San Diego 2
Atlanta 5 – Miami 1
St. Louis 9 – Milwaukee 4
Arizona 8 – Colorado 7

TUESDAY INTERLEAGUE BASEBALL
NY Mets 9 – Cleveland 2
Philadelphia 3 – Boston 2
LA Dodgers 16 – Toronto 3