The Cubs have split the first two games with the Yankees in New York, with Friday’s victory marking the first time they’d ever won in Yankee Stadium. They need to double that total to end the schedule’s first half on a high note and close at five games under the .500 mark. It won’t be an easy task, but Kyle Hendricks has been pitching very well since coming back in late May.
Though a lot of people are talking about this being “vintage Professor,” that’s not really true when you look at how he’s getting things done.