You could be forgiven if you thought the Cubs and Tigers changed identities over the first four innings Tuesday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
It was the Tigers getting sharp hits all over the yard and scoring runs, and the Cubs flailing away at an opposing hurler’s offerings. Kyle Hendricks again had a rough first inning, and a couple of the hits might have been caught with slightly different defensive positioning, but the result was the Cubs down 2-0 before inning number one was over. That gives Kyle an 8.47 ERA in the first inning this year, as compared to a 3.