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Oct. 8 Kyle Hendricks, Travis Wood postgame interview
- Updated: October 9, 2016
Q. You took a pretty good shot there. How did it feel then and how does it feel now?
KYLE HENDRICKS: It feels all right now. In the moment I didn’t really feel it at the time, but once I tried to throw a couple pitches there Joe and I were kind of having a discussion, he told me if there’s anything at all, he didn’t want me in there. And I just my fastball kind of coming out of my hand at the end just didn’t really have a feel at the time. Kind of swelled up on me. But X-rays were negative, so it feels pretty good now. Hopefully it’s a day-to-day thing. Just get the swelling down and be back in a couple days.Q. Joe gave us his feel, he said were you probably going to come out after that inning anyway because you would come in and it would start to cool down and get sore, did you lobby to stay in at all?
KYLE HENDRICKS: I did in the beginning after the first couple and then I asked for one more. I just knew the feeling in my fastball just wasn’t there. I was cutting my sinker, couldn’t feel where it was going. So after the last one I pitched, I knew it wasn’t going to work out.Q. What was that moment like for you, a big home run there and obviously something that you’ve done in batting practice but never quite on a stage like this.
TRAVIS WOOD: It was a special moment for me personally, but just to be able to pull off the win and Kyle started us off and the rest of the pitching staff just followed suit to what he was doing and to be able to pull off the win was huge.Q. To expand on that, you’ve been in that situation before where you’ve had to come in cold and pitch well and maybe go to left field and then hit, I mean just did it all happen so fast to you? And take us through the at-bat even.
TRAVIS WOOD: It happened pretty quick. It always does in a situation like that. As a bullpen guy you’re always prepared, especially with Joe, for any situation, anything that pops up, so you kind of keep your body and your mind locked into the game. So I was ready to come in. And then the at-bat, it was just I figured he was probably …
