Excuse my California Love reference in the beginning of the article, I’m a huge Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre fan. And while the Oakland Athletics sounded a clip from one of the greatest hip hop songs of all-time, it was the Chicago Cubs and their fans celebrating once the third and final out was recorded.
Thankfully. With the Cubbies extending their winning streak to seven games following today’s 3-1 sweep over the Athletics, they continued to gain ground in the N.L. Central. The second-place St. Louis Cardinals are now 11.5 games behind.
Hendricks (11-7, 2.17 ERA) chewed through this Oakland lineup and was looking to pick up his fourth career complete game until Marcus Semien took him deep in the eighth.