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DENVER -- Jason Hammel will carry an impressive scoreless streak into his start for the Chicago Cubs and oppose his former team in the rubber game of a series with the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.Hammel is 13-5 with a 2.75 ERA. He gave up two hits in seven scoreless innings in his last start Tuesday at Milwaukee.Hammel has not allowed a run in 22 innings and is 6-0 with a 0.95 ERA in six starts since the All-Star break.In his one start against the Rockies, Hammel gave up three runs in six innings on April 11, 2015, in a 9-5 win. Hammel pitched for the Rockies in 2009-2011 and 27-30 with a 4.63 ERA.Hammels start comes in the wake of the Cubs 9-2 win on Saturday night in which left-hander Mike Montgomery, in his first start for the Cubs after seven relief appearances and governed by a 60-65 pitch limit, worked 4 1/3 hitless innings before giving up a homer to Nick Hundley on his 60th and final pitch.Montgomery was filling in for injured John Lackey, who along with ace Jake Arrieta can be a free agent after 2017. The Cubs lack starting pitching depth at Triple-A Iowa, making Montgomery an intriguing possibility for their rotation.We think he can be very, very helpful to us, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. Its an easy delivery. Hes pitching with confidence. I can see him settling in. And he knows he belongs here and can do this and be good. Not just pedestrian. This guy can be very good.Montgomery will have a limit of 80 to 90 pitches in his next start Friday at the Los Angeles Dodgers as he tries to build upon his outing against the Rockies.A free agent after this season, left-hander Jorge De La Rosa, 35, who will start Sunday for the Rockies, is in the final weeks of his career with Colorado. Hes 7-7 with a 5.29 ERA and has had no-decisions in his past three games, all Rockies losses, including Monday against Washington when he allowed four runs in six innings in a 5-4 loss to the Nationals.De La Rosa, who has been with the Rockies since 2008, is 52-19 with a 4.26 ERA in 102 games, including 95 starts, at Coors Field. Hes 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA in three games against the Cubs in Denver but has not faced them at home since 2013.De La Rosas next start after Sunday is scheduled for Saturday at Washington. He is then next scheduled to pitch Sept. 2 at Coors Field against Arizona. That date is after the Aug. 31 deadline for making a trade after putting a player through the waiver process.And there is a chance, albeit perhaps a small one, that on Sunday, De La Rosa will make his final start for the Rockies at Coors Field.Regardless, the Rockies were able to get a look at their starting pitching future on Saturday night when Jeff Hoffman made his major league debut. He gave up seven hits and seven runs (six earned) in four innings, leaving with a sullied pitching line after giving up Kris Bryants three-run homer in the fifth inning.In reality, that line wasnt nearly as bad as it appears, and the Rockies, who acquired Hoffman, 23, in the deal last July that sent shortstop and franchise icon to Toronto, are extremely high on Hoffman.He will make his next start Friday at Washington and figures to be in the Rockies rotation to start the 2017 season. Hoffman gave up two hard-hit balls to the Cubs and four singles that found their way through the infield, three when the Rockies shifts didnt pay off.I wasnt getting ahead as much as I should have been, and that obviously opened up a whole world of opportunities for them, Hoffman said. When you are not getting ahead, and you are facing guys in the box who know what they are doing, they are going to find holes. Thats what they did tonight, they found holes with everything.Chalk it up as a learning experience for Hoffman in his big league debut before a sellout crowd of 48,113 at Coors Field.I felt very comfortable here, Hoffman said. I dont know why that was. I was really expecting to be nervous, to be jittery, all that stuff.For my first big league game, this was exactly what I was expecting. A ton of people. It was loud. It was electric. I just got to go out and do a better job of executing pitches.The Rockies are quite confident he will. White Air Max Online . 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On just the second day of The International 6, the audience in KeyArena saw David slay Goliath. TnC Gaming, one of the Southeast Asian qualifier teams, took down tournament favorites OG 2-0.The OG squad, captained by Tal Fly Aizik, came into TI6 as clear favorites for a top spot. The victors of both the Frankfurt and Manila Majors, the five players of OG are considered to be among the best in Dota. From Amer Miracle- Al-Barkawi, widely considered one of the best mid laners in the scene, to highlight-worthy supports like Andreas Cr1t- Nielsen, there was little doubt this team would rise to the top, even after being sent to the lower bracket by MVP Phoenix.Enter TnC Gaming, led by longtime North American Dota player Jimmy DeMoN Ho. This team went 7-7 in the group stage against stiff competition, but was still unfavored in the matchup. However, given players like Nico eyyou Barcelon, a four-role support who can exert the same level of pressure as Cr1t-, and cores Marc Raven Fausto and Carlo Kuku Palad, this TnC squad might have been the most underestimated at the tournament.In game one, OG drafted a comfortable, proven set of heroes, utilizing the synergy of Medusa and Drow Ranger to push early and fast. Despite a net worth lead for most of the early game, OG struggled to keep its cores alive and pushing, with Johan n0tail Sundstein giving up a series of early deaths that halted the teams momentum. TnC ddragged it out, relying on Ravens Lifestealer to get the items needed, while eyyou constantly made space and picks for TnC.ddddddddddddDespite having Miracle- on a strong pick, he wasnt able to carry against the dual threats of TnC, and OG tapped out just after the 54-minute mark.OG sprang back in game two, turning to the signature Tiny-Wisp combination that few teams ever allow to slip through the first ban phase. In response, TnC drafted a Drow strategy of its own, turning to a Vengeful Spirit and Huskar for an explosive early game to shut down Miracle-s Ember Spirit. Again, OG had an early game lead, pushing TnC repeatedly back into its own base, breaking tower after tower and dominating the first 30 minutes. TnC bent, faltered, but never broke, somehow rebuffing OG right at the last critical moment every time. A series of excellent chronospheres and catch-outs gradually pushed TnC up, and eventually TnC found itself inside OGs base, hammering the final nail in the coffin and forcing out the win.TnC advances to the top eight of TI6, the first team from the Philippines to ever do so, and will compete again tomorrow in the next round of the lower bracket. OG finishes in the 9th-12th bracket, and will now have to face questions of roster swaps and an uncertain road to TI7. ' ' '