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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina coach Santiago Phelan made five changes to his starting 15 for the Rugby Championship rematch against South Africa in Mendoza on Saturday in response to the record defeat by the Springboks last weekend. The Pumas have just a week to bounce back from a 73-13 loss in Soweto, starting their second season in the southern hemisphere championship with the biggest defeat in the 17-year-old competition. Phelan on Thursday brought in prop Marcos Ayerza, a new lock pairing in Julio Farias Cabello and Mariano Galarza, left wing Horacio Agulla and fullback Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino. Ayerza recovered from injury and returned at loosehead prop, with Juan Figallo switching to tighthead and Mattias Diaz dropping to the bench. Cabello and Galarza were picked in the second row after experienced lock Patricio Albacete was hurt early in the first game at FNB Stadium. Manuel Carriza, the other lock who started on Saturday, was out of the 23 altogether. Bath wing Agulla was promoted after starting the tournament on the bench, while Amorosino replaced Juan Martin Hernandez at fullback. Hernandez also went off injured in the first half in Soweto. Center Felipe Contepomi retained the captaincy after scoring all of Argentinas points at FNB Stadium. Argentinas regular skipper, No. 8 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, was still missing with a left calf injury. The Pumas will be boosted by home advantage this weekend -- they held South Africa to a 16-16 draw in Mendoza last year and probably should have won that game for a first victory ever over the Springboks. Argentina conceded nine tries without scoring a point in a 50-minute spell in Soweto last Saturday for its heaviest defeat by the South Africans in 10 years of playing each other. "We seek to reverse the situation of the last game," Agulla said. "Weve had a good week and were all eager to reverse this and to show what we are." 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Hamels hit a two-run single to help Philadelphia improve to 8-5 under interim manager Ryne Sandberg. This was no masterpiece, though. Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka took an interminable amount of time between pitches and threw 82 over the first three innings. Hamels worked at a much faster pace but irritated fans by making seven straight tosses to first base with Eric Young Jr. aboard. Young stole second anyway. One night after Jonathon Nieses three-hit shutout for the Mets lasted 2 hours, 19 minutes, thats how long it took to play 5 1/2 innings in a game between also-rans that ultimately dragged on for 3:32. About halfway through, a television camera fixed on Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee spinning a crushed water bottle in the dugout. "Unfortunately, sometimes when you have games like this, you just have to go out there and try to be effective from pitch one and make sure that your warmup pitches are right on par," Hamels said. "Its a lot of self-motivating and just trying to stay in the game as much as possible, which is a lot easier said than done." Matsuzaka (0-2) laboured through 4 1-3 innings on Japanese Heritage Night in his second start for the new-look Mets, who have dropped six of seven. Depleted by key injuries and Tuesdays trade that sent Marlon Byrd and John Buck to Pittsburgh, New York fell to 2-6 on a nine-game homestand. "Todays game was pretty self-explanatory, I think," Matsuzaka said through a translator. "I was all over the place today, all over the zone." The Mets made three errors after going six games without one, which matched a season high. Hindered by the fifth-worst run support in the majors this season, Hamels (6-13) worked around nine hits and improved to 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA in six August starts. The left-hander struck out eight, walked one and upped his career record to 7-12 against the Mets. "Hes pitched well all year," Sandberg said. While rain postponed afternoon tennis matches at the U.S. Open next door, the Phillies and Mets stayed dry throughout a drab evening that matched the pace of the game.dddddddddddd Hamels grounded a two-run single to left field off reliever Robert Carson in the fifth to make it 4-1. That gave Hamels, a career .170 hitter entering the game, four RBIs this season and answered a three-run double by Niese the previous night. "That was huge," Sandberg said. Rollins failed to cover third base on a third-inning popup along the third base line. Noticing that the shortstop was flat-footed, the speedy Young alertly tagged up at second and beat Rollins and Ruiz to the bag. Ike Davis followed with an RBI single on an 0-2 pitch, his 10th hit in 67 at-bats (.149) against left-handers to that point. Rollins made up for his gaffe with a tying double in the fourth -- but got cut down at third for the third out. It was Rollins first RBI in 15 games, his longest drought since August 2005, according to STATS. A ground-rule double by Michael Young set up the Phillies in the fifth and made him 10 for 17 (.588) off Matsuzaka, who forced in the go-ahead run by hitting John Mayberry Jr. with a pitch. That was it for Matsuzaka, charged with four runs, four walks and six hits in his second major league start of the season. "Hes definitely deliberate, but like I said, you have to adapt and adjust to his pace of play because ultimately he controls it," Mayberry said. The former Red Sox star was pitching in Clevelands farm system before he was granted his release last week. The Mets signed him to fill a hole in their injury-depleted rotation the rest of the way. "I do know the history of, you know, he does take some time between pitches. But I will tell you, his stuffs good enough," New York manager Terry Collins said. "Tonight the command was off and therefore he was off." Ruiz hit a solo homer off Carson in the sixth. Andrew Brown had an RBI double for the Mets in the seventh. "Wow. It was a long day," Ruiz said. "It was hard to stay focused, waiting that long." NOTES: All-Star OF Domonic Brown sat out again with a sore right heel. He hasnt started since being lifted Saturday, but Sandberg said Brown is getting close. ... Phillies 3B Cody Asche left in the seventh with a cramp and a mild right hamstring strain. ... Mayberry was called for interference with his backswing on a stolen base for the second time in three nights. ... Matsuzaka singled for his third career hit and first since June 24, 2010, with Boston. ... RHP Carlos Torres pitches in place of injured Mets ace Matt Harvey in the series finale Thursday. RHP Ethan Martin gets the ball for Philadelphia. ' ' '