Over his first 53u2153 innings this year, after returning from a shoulder injury, Kyle Hendricks allowed just two home runs.
Since then, in a total of 4u2154 innings — all of Friday’s game plus the last two hitters he faced at Yankee Stadium last Sunday — he’s served up six long balls.
Now you explain that to me. Hendricks couldn’t possibly have lost it that quickly. Granted that he needs pinpoint control and command to succeed, still, it doesn’t seem possible that suddenly those things got that terrible.
Hopefully, The Professor can figure out what’s not working, because four of those home runs came off Red Sox bats, two by Rafael Devers, and the Red Sox blew out the Cubs 8-3 in a rare Friday night game at Wrigley Field.