Kyle Hendricks deserved better.
This was his penultimate start at Wrigley Field as a Cub — presuming he’s not back next year, and I don’t think he will be — and for five-plus innings, Kyle threw pretty well, allowing just a single run in the second. Then he got in trouble with three little dinky hits in the sixth and a sac fly made it 2-0.
That brought in Keegan Thompson, who served up a three-run homer to Joey Gallo and that, pretty much, was that, and the Cubs lost the game 5-1, their first loss to the Nationals this year after five wins.