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SAN DIEGO — Cubs rookie Miguel Amaya knew the ball was leaving the park as soon as he hit it, and the feeling transported him back to Panama, where he hit his first home run in a tournament at 8 years old.
‘‘I have no words to explain it,’’ Amaya said of his first major-league homer.
In Amaya’s first game back in the lineup after being recalled Saturday from Triple-A Iowa, he made a mark — again.