Astros’ Cole misses start due to sore leg

Houston Astros ace Gerrit Cole had tests on his right hamstring Wednesday, a day after he was a late scratch in the second game of a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox.

Cole experienced discomfort in his leg while warming up and never took the mound.

Manager A. J. Hinch says Cole would remain with the Astros while awaiting results. Hinch expects the right- hander will accompany the team to Oakland for a four- game series that opens Thursday.

Hinch says Cole “reports feeling good, he just needs to wait for the results of the tests and the doctors and see what’s next for him.”

Cole, 14- 5 with a 2.87 ERA, has won a career- best 10 games in a row.

Phillies

Right- hander Jake Arrieta likely will have seasonending surgery soon because of a bone spur in his pitching elbow.

Arrieta has been pitching through pain for several starts but his inability to go more than five innings led him to shut it down. He’s scheduled for an MRI Thursday and will determine his course of action afterward.

Arrieta won the 2015 NL Cy Young Award with the Cubs. He has been mediocre since he joined the Phillies on a three- year, $ 75 million contract in March 2018.

He is 8- 8 with a 4.64 ERA this season and was 10- 11 with a 3.96 ERA in 2018.

Indians

Yasiel Puig has become a U. S. citizen. The Cuban- born Puig, who was traded to Cleveland by Cincinnati last month, posted a photo Wednesday on social media showing him waving a small American flag. He wrote, “Thank you God for this great opportunity to be an American citizen.”