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Two bad pitches.
That’s how many Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks figured he threw Friday at Wrigley Field in an outing so un-good, the Pirates tagged him for eight runs — seven earned — and 11 hits in his 4u2154 innings.
“Just bizarre,” Hendricks said, “so many soft hits falling.”
Eleven hits is one fewer than the most Hendricks has ever allowed in a big-league game. Seven earned runs — already the third time this season he has let in that many — was his most since the White Sox got him for eight in 2021.