Giants baffled by Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks, who took an 8.20 ERA into the game before silencing San Francisco’s bats in Chicago’s 6-5 win.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks rests in the dugout during the second inning against the San Francisco Giants at Wrigley Field on June 19, 2024. CHICAGO — Maybe it was the heavy hearts they were playing with, or perhaps it just took too long to wake up for the only matinee of their series at Wrigley Field.
Launching a 444-foot blast that would have landed on Waveland Avenue if not for a billboard impeding its path, Soler turned a 6-1 deficit into a one-run game with one two-out swing, making Wilmer Flores’ error the previous inning loom large. If that sounds familiar, well, Hendricks took a no-hit bid two innings further at Oracle Park last June, until Mitch Haniger broke it up with a double in the eighth inning. In 13 career starts against the Giants, the 34-year-old right-hander owns a 2.30 ERA, his best mark against any opponent he’s faced at least 10 times.
Thanks to a pair of creative double plays, however, the Cubs plated all five of their runs in two innings against Spencer Bivens and Howard.
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