Cubs don’t expect lingering effect on Hendricks

SAN FRANCISCO — Cubs manager Joe Maddon said on Sunday that there was “nothing new” regarding the status of right-hander Kyle Hendricks, whose Game 2 start abruptly ended when he was struck on his pitching arm by a line drive.

Maddon described Hendricks as still sore the day after, but the Cubs seem to have little concern about the issue lingering. Hendricks was not scheduled to start again in the National League Division Series anyway, which continues on Monday in San Francisco (FS1, 9:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. CT). Should Chicago advance, the NL Championship Series wouldn’t begin for another five days.

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“Kyle, yesterday, he said he felt fine,” Maddon said, “so I don’t anticipate anything really negative.”

Before exiting Saturday’s 5-2 win, Hendricks allowed two runs on four hits in 3 2/3 innings. He also drove in two with a second-inning bloop single.

Lesson Learned

Twice this series, infielder Javier Baez has started into his home run trot after blasting a pitch to left field. Only once, however, did that ball actually leave the park. That was on Friday, when the Wrigley Field outfield baskets aided Baez and the Cubs in an eventual 1-0 win.

But on Saturday, Baez’s line drive struck the outfield wall. After jogging out of the batter’s box, Baez couldn’t recover. He eventually started hustling and dove into second, where he was initially called safe by umpire Marvin Hudson. That call was overturned after a replay review showed that Baez did not maintain constant contact with the base.

Though the mistake proved innocuous since the Cubs held on for the victory, it …

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