Seeing Kyle Hendricks battle through the 1st Inning of Doom is nothing new for Cubs fans, and I’m not even talking about this year alone. His 4.77 career ERA in the opening frame is 48% higher than his overall 3.22 career mark, but that former number is being skewed by an unsightly 19.29 ERA through seven 1st innings this season. Among those is the four-run frame Sunday afternoon that felt like death by a thousand duck snorts.
The hardest-hit ball of the inning was the leadoff single that left Adam Frazier‘s bat at 89.