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KANSAS CITY – Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks adjusted the brim of his hat and looked back to home plate, the Kauffman Stadium fountains dancing behind him.
In a game the Cubs would go on to lose 6-0, the fifth inning got away from Hendricks, the Royals’ six-run rally capped with a three-run home run from veteran Salvador Perez, prompting the water display.
The loss, which plunged the Cubs deeper into a rut four days before the trade deadline, was one of their most demoralizing of the year.