Gotta relieve: Cubs up 2-0 after injury scare

CHICAGO — To beat the Giants, all the Cubs needed was their pitchers to hit. Thanks to Kyle Hendricks and Travis Wood, Chicago is now one win away from advancing to the National League Championship Series for the second straight year.

Hendricks, the Major League’s ERA leader, smacked a two-run single and Wood added a solo home run to lift the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Giants on Saturday night in Game 2 of the NL Division Series at Wrigley Field.

Game Date Time Matchup TV/Highlights Gm 1 Oct. 7   CHC 1, SF 0 Gm 2 Oct. 8   CHC 5, SF 2  Gm 3 Oct. 10 9:30 p.m. CHC @ SF FS1 *Gm 4 Oct. 11 8 or 8:30 p.m. CHC @ SF FS1 *Gm 5 Oct. 13 8 or 8:30 p.m. SF @ CHC FS1 *- If necessary | All times listed ET • Division Series start time scenarios • Giants vs. Cubs NLDS coverageShop for postseason gear: Cubs | Giants The odds are against the Giants. Only seven times in 53 tries has a team gone down 0-2 in a Division Series and rallied to win. The glimmer of hope for San Francisco is that it has won each of its last nine elimination games, and it’s an even-numbered year for the 2010, ’12 and ’14 World Series champions. Game 3 of the best-of-five series will be played Monday at AT&T Park, 9:30 p.m. ET on FS1.

Hendricks matched his season RBI total, but he didn’t get the win, as he had to leave the game after taking a line drive by Angel Pagan off his right forearm with two outs in the fourth. The hit had an exit velocity of 94 mph. X-rays were negative.

Wood replaced Hendricks, and in the bottom of the inning, crushed his 10th career home run to open a 5-2 lead. Cubs pitchers have driven in more runs (three) than the Giants (two) in the first two games of the …

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