Ian Happ hit a 442-foot homer, Dansby Swanson made it back-to-back longballs and the Chicago Cubs hung on to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-5 on Wednesday.
pitched neatly into the sixth inning, allowing one run on two hits in his longest outing of the season and lowering his ERA from 8.20 to 7.46.
There was a moment of silence before the game for Willie Mays, and the Giants wore patches on their jerseys in honor of the Hall of Famer, who died on Tuesday. Happ and Swanson connected against reliever Spencer Bivens in a three-run fourth. Swanson went deep for the second straight game, and he also drove in two with a single in a three-run seventh.
Hendricks was sharp in his first start since May 17. The veteran right-hander struck out a season-high eight and walked one. Hendricks, who lost his spot in the rotation after struggling early in the season, didn’t allow a hit untilErik Miller struck out two in a scoreless first inning as the opener in a bullpen game for San Francisco. after the two-time Cy Young Award winner threw a bullpen session Tuesday in San Francisco. “It's going to be some kind of a game, I'm not sure what,” manager Bob Melvin said.
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