CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois underwent hip replacement surgery Thursday and will remain in his home state of Illinois until he's cleared by his doctor for travel to Washington, according to his office.
Surgery on the 79-year-old’s left hip was performed at a RUSH University-affiliated medical center in suburban Oak Brook, his office said Thursday.
“I’m grateful to the medical staff at RUSH for today’s successful procedure, and I look forward to a speedy recovery and climbing the Capitol steps again as soon as possible,” Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, said in a statement.
Last October, Durbin had a knee replacement surgery on his left knee at the same medical center.
Durbin, of Springfield, was first elected to the Senate in 1996. He was reelected to a fifth term in 2020. Durbin serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
FILE - Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington. Durbin underwent hip replacement surgery Thursday and will remain in his home state of Illinois under he's cleared for travel to Washington by his doctor, according to Durbin's office. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jonathan India doubled twice in his eighth consecutive multihit game, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Saturday.
India scored a run and drove in two more. He has at least one double in each of his last seven games. He is batting .512 (21 for 41) with one homer and six RBIs during an 11-game hit streak.
“He just looks so good out there in every part of the game,” Reds manager David Bell said. “He’s moving well. Physically, he looks great, and we’ve always known he can hit. It seems like he’s been here for so long, and he’s still young and getting better.”
Austin Wynns hit three doubles for Cincinnati in his first major league game since Oct. 1 for Colorado against Minnesota. Elly De La Cruz doubled and tripled, and Will Benson and Stuart Fairchild each had two RBIs.
Paul Goldschmidt hit his 11th homer for St. Louis, which beat Cincinnati 1-0 on Friday. Sonny Gray (9-5) was charged with six runs, three earned, and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Cincinnati (39-44) broke it open when it sent 10 batters to the plate in a six-run fifth. With one out and the bases loaded, De La Cruz scampered home when third baseman Nolan Arenado mishandled a potential double-play grounder.
“It just didn't go our way,” Gray said. “Once that fifth inning kind of went the way it does, it kind of felt like after Marte's at-bat the momentum was completely on their side. We were kind of flirting with it at the time. It kind of went to their side and then that inning kind of escalated on us.”
Fairchild and Benson hit consecutive two-run singles off John King with two down, and Wynns doubled home Benson for an 8-1 lead.
“The approach off Sonny was so good," Bell said. “Staying through the middle of the field, hitting line drives. When we're not hitting home runs, it's nice to get rewarded by hitting doubles.”
Reds starter Carson Spiers (2-1) allowed two runs, one earned, and three hits in six innings.
“Utilizing both sides of the plate, that’s kind of what I did today,” Spiers said. “Very efficient, very effective early, especially setting the tone. I think that’s when I kind of get into a groove and things kind of start rolling. Changeups were working really good early and then spotted some cutters up and fastballs up so it worked out.”
Goldschmidt went deep in the sixth, stopping Spiers’ streak of 43 consecutive innings without allowing a home run.
Gray struck out and walked one in his shortest start of the season. It was his second career start against the Reds, who traded him to Minnesota in March 2022.
“I thought Sonny actually did a good job,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “Overall man, he made his pitch there at the end, and it didn't go our way.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: OF Jake Fraley (bruised right calf) returned to the lineup and started at designated hitter for the first time since being scratched before Wednesday’s game at Philadelphia.
Cardinals: OF Lars Nootbaar (oblique strain) started in right field and went 0 for 3 while playing five innings for Double-A Springfield in the first game of a rehabilitation assignment on Friday night. Nootbaar is scheduled to play seven innings for Springfield on Saturday night.
UP NEXT
Reds RHP Hunter Greene (5-3, 3.79 ERA) will face Cardinals RHP Lance Lynn (3-3, 3.86 ERA) on Sunday in the finale of the four-game set.
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Cincinnati Reds' Stuart Fairchild hits a two-run single in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz)
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Sonny Gray walks to the dugout after being pulled in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz)
Cincinnati Reds' Will Benson, right, is congratulated by first base coach Collin Cowgill (54) after hitting a two-run single in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz)
St. Louis Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt (46) is congratulated by third base coach Ron 'Pop' Warner, left, after hitting a solo home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz)
Cincinnati Reds catcher Austin Wynns, left, celebrates with teammate Brent Suter, right after defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Brent Suter throws in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz)
Cincinnati Reds' Jonathan India hits an RBI ground rule double in the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Joe Puetz)
