Kyle Hendricks (0-2, 6.92 ERA) took the mound against Brett Anderson (2-1, 2.65 ERA) Friday afternoon as the Cubs went for their fourth consecutive victory. Hendricks was looking for a bounceback performance after giving up seven runs in four innings against Atlanta his last time out and a depleted Milwaukee unit was just the team to help him.
Hendricks breezed through five scoreless innings, yielding three hits and no walks with four strikeouts on only 53 pitches, including a four-pitch 4th inning. He allowed Milwaukee to get on the board in the 6th after back-to-back home runs by Kolten Wong and Billy McKinney, but that was the only offense the Brewers were able to produce.