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CHICAGO -- Trevor Cahill came off the disabled list to throw five innings of two-hit ball in his first start in nearly 16 months, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 Tuesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.Mike Montgomery followed with two innings, Hector Rondon worked the eighth and Joe Smith walked two in the ninth before Aroldis Chapman got two outs to close the three-hitter.Cahill (2-3) also drove in a run with a safety squeeze bunt, and the Cubs added runs on a wild pitch and Addison Russells sacrifice fly off Matt Garza (4-5).Cahill allowed two walks and struck out Manny Pina with a runner on third to end the fifth.Chapman hit 103 mph while striking out two for his fifth save with the Cubs, who ended a two-game skid.Chicagos Jason Hammel (12-5) was to face fellow Chase Anderson (7-10) in the second game.Cahill was a 2010 All-Star before consecutive 200-inning seasons with Oakland. But the right-hander struggled in Arizona, started three games for Atlanta in April last year, moved to the bullpen and was released before signing with Chicago.He was a reliever until going on the disabled list with right knee tendinitis. But he was stretched out in a rehab assignment and had good command in his first big league appearance since July 9.Unlike the previous two games, the Chicago bullpen held the lead.Garza allowed a run in a 28-pitch first inning and his run-scorong wild pitch in the third made it 2-0. Cahill fourth successfully bunted a 3-2 pitch in the fourth, and first baseman Chris Carters flip home wasnt in time to get a sliding Chris Coghlan.Garza allowed five hits in five innings for the Brewers, who have lost six of jine, Tyler Cravy, Milwaukees 26th player, threw two scoreless innings.Chris Coghlan hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth off Damien Magnifico, who made his major league debut.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: Struggling RHP Michael Blazek went on the 15-day disabled list with a right forearm strain. He was really just fatigued, manager Craig Counsell said. But because of the scheduling situation and because hes had some elbow soreness this season, we thought it was best to be safe. Magnifico was called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs.Cubs: Manager Joe Maddon said RHP John Lackey (shoulder stiffness) could have his next start pushed back. . RHP Pedro Strop (knee surgery) was off crutches. Hes expected to miss at least a month.NO BRAUNBrewers slugger Ryan Braun, who homered twice and drove in six runs Sunday, wasnt in the Game 1 lineup. He flied out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.PAPBELBON?Maddon said he hasnt been involved in andy discussions about signing former Nationals closer Jonathan Pabelbon, who was released Saturday by Washington.Im not saying it cant happen, Maddon said, but for right now there is nothing happening.LONG DAYMaddon called day-night doubleheaders awful. Its even worse in Wrigley Fields cramped visiting clubhouse.Were on top of each other, thats for sure, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.UP NEXTCubs RHP Jon Lester (12-4, 2.93) faces RHP Jimmy Nelson (6-12, 4.07) on Wednesday night.Dante Bayern Munich Jersey . 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Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night.MONZA, Italy -- Lewis Hamilton topped the third and final practice session for the Italian Grand Prix with a healthy 0.4s advantage over Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg.The Mercedes drivers also exchanged quickest times in Fridays two practice sessions and on Saturday morning looked like they were on another planet at F1s most power-dependent circuit. Hamiltons session-leading 1:22.008 was nearly a full second clear of Sebastian Vettels Ferrari in third place. Kimi Raikkonen finished fourth as Ferrari appeared to hold its Friday advantage over Red Bull.Williams drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa took the next two spots after showing their usual Saturday morning improvement. The team will be hoping to carry that form over into qualifying as it looks to overhaul Force India in the battle for fourth. Daniel Ricciardo finished seventh for Red Bull, 1.7s off the lead and half a second off the nearest Ferrari.Max Verstappen finished eighth and continued to be at the center of incidents, blocking Rosberg at the Roggia chicane early on. That led a frustrated Rosberg to ask Mercedes What the hell was that? Verstappen was later on his own radio complaining about Kevin Magnussen blocking him on the exit of Ascari, with the Dutchman having to take to the kerbs to avoid the Renault driver.ddddddddddddSergio Perez finished ninth for Force India as the team continued to struggle to match its pace from Spa. Esteban Gutierrez rounded off the top ten for Haas, which is also running the newly-upgraded Ferrari power unit this weekend. Nico Hulkenberg finished 11th, marginally ahead of Jenson Button in the quickest McLaren. That is likely to be a more representative place in the pecking order for McLaren this weekend on a circuit which will punish any remaining Honda deficiencies.Carlos Sainz ended the session 13th ahead of Romain Grosjean, whose session ended with an early spin at Ascari, prompting a Virtual Safety Car period and limiting his morning to four laps. Jolyon Palmer was 15th but finished his session in the gravel after losing the rear of his car at Parabolica. Sauber pair Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr finished either side of 17th place Fernando Alonso. Magnussen was 19th ahead of Daniil Kvyat.At the back, Pascal Wehrlein beat Manor teamate Esteban Ocon to 21st by 0.1s. ' ' '