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- Updated: August 31, 2016
CHICAGO — After a wild, action-packed series opener at Wrigley Field on Monday, the Pirates spent most of Tuesday night waiting.
They waited for Kyle Hendricks to leave a pitch up in the zone. Waited for one of their two-out hits to start a rally. Waited for something to find a gap or grass. But none of it ever came to be, so the Pirates were dealt their second straight loss, a 3-0 defeat that was largely a credit to Hendricks, the Major League ERA leader.
“I think it’s tough to hit any pitcher when they’re locating,” Josh Harrison said. “That’s his M.O.”
Pittsburgh only managed three hits off the right-hander. Hendricks lacks typically dominant fastball velocity but makes up for it by moving his mix of pitches around the bottom of the strike zone, painting the corners and even earning a Greg Maddux comparison from Pirates manager Clint Hurdle.
“He’s got command of everything, and it’s down. You keep saying, ‘We’ll make him get the ball up,'” Hurdle said. “He’s not getting the ball up. It’s Aug. 30, and he’s not …
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