The Cubs beat their crosstown rivals Friday night. It would have been nice for starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks to stick around even close to long enough to earn the victory over the White Sox.
Hendricks was lone gone by the time his team took the lead for good in the fifth inning. He was removed after allowing five runs on eight hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings. He blew a 4-2 lead in the process.
A two-run double by Avisail Garcia in the first and two-run homer by Adam Eaton in the fourth were the big blows against Hendricks, whose ERA rose to 3.97.
His shortest stint of the season gave him 18 runs allowed over his last 26 2/3 innings pitched.