Kyle Hendricks (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)
The Chicago Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks was spectacular on the mound against the Minnesota Twins, pitching eight innings of shutout baseball.
Bravo. The Chicago Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks outdueled the Minnesota Twins’ Rich Hill in a 1-0 affair Friday night. Hendricks was breathtaking. If not for his 104 pitches, he likely missed out on his fifth career shutout and his second of the year.
Hendricks wasn’t shying away from the curveball, which he used to his advantage. He used his fastball to get ahead in the count and then used the curve as his strikeout pitch, striking out 10 batters in his eight innings of work.