Last night’s 7-2 loss to the Twins was all-around pretty ugly. Kyle Hendricks wasn’t fooling anybody, the bats were quiet, and the defense resembled a clown college at times.
Things got off to an inauspicious start in the bottom of the first, when Starlin Castro booted a routine double-play ball, and then allowed another runner to come around and score while he was scolding himself for the error.
It didn’t get much better after that. Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs, but that was about it.
Hendricks gave up seven runs (six earned) and 11 hits in only five innings.