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Oct 13 (The Sports Xchange) - Major League Baseball scheduled an appeals hearing for Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Chase Utley next Monday, commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed. Utley received a two-game suspension after his hard slide into second base to break up a double play during Game 2 of the best-of-five National League Division Series on Saturday night resulted in New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada suffering a fractured leg. - - Collin McHugh gets the start for the Houston Astros with their postseason fate on the line Wednesday in Game 5 of the American League Division Series against the Kansas City Royals. McHugh went 19-7 during the regular season. He has not absorbed a loss since Aug. 20, and he was the winning pitcher against the Royals in Game 2. The Royals will counter with their key midseason acquisition, right-hander Johnny Cueto, who is 2-6 since Aug. 15, not including his loss in Game 2. - - Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano underwent sports hernia surgery on Tuesday in Philadelphia. Recovery is expected to take six weeks after the procedure to repair the right- and left-side core muscles. Cano should be ready in plenty of time for spring training next February. - - The San Diego Padres are interviewing former major league infielder Alex Cora for their vacant manager's job, CBS Sports reported Tuesday. Cora currently works as a baseball analyst for ESPN and has no professional coaching experience, but he played in the major leagues from 1998 to 2011 for six teams. (Editing by Frank Pingue)