Kyle Hendricks didn’t see much of the Cubs’ pregame tribute to Kris Bryant before a 6-1 loss to the Giants in Friday’s opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field. The right-hander was getting ready to pitch.
Hendricks could hear it, though.
“He deserves all that,” he said. “So I know he was probably going through a lot today, a lot of different emotions.”
Hendricks didn’t go easy on his former teammate. He fanned Bryant on a changeup with two men on in the first, struck him out again on a foul tip in the fourth and retired him once more in the sixth, this time on a softly hit ground ball.