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Cubs 4, Nationals 2: Pitching, Pitching, Pitching

Jason Hammel, I think, will be headed somewhere around the All-Star break. Not in a trade, as he was just before the break a year ago, but to the All-Star Game itself in Cincinnati

Hammel was outstanding again Saturday, allowing just four hits and two walks in eight innings and the Cubs defeated the Nationals 4-2, giving themselves a chance to win the series Sunday afternoon.

The two walks was, in fact, a bit unusual for Hammel. He had walked more than one in a start just once this year prior to Saturday, a three-walk game vs.