The Cubs met the Pirates for the second game of their series Friday afternoon at Wrigley after dropping the first in disappointing fashion. Pretty much nothing went right for Chicago in this contest as Pittsburgh’s phenom starting pitcher Paul Skenes dazzled and Kyle Hendricks imploded again in a blowout loss.
Skenes struck out the first seven Cubs he faced and looked completely unhittable early. Adding insult to injury, Jared Triolo took Hendricks deep in the top of the 3rd to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
That would’ve been enough offense for the road team to win the game, but they got a lot more in the next two frames.