Hendricks limits Dodgers to one run in tough loss

CHICAGO — Kyle Hendricks knew it was going to be tough facing Clayton Kershaw. So did his teammates.

“You don’t expect a lot of runs to happen, you don’t expect them to give you anything, and you’re going to have to earn every bit,” Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward said. “Tonight we hit some balls hard and hit some balls to the track and they didn’t fall, and they hit one over the fence and that was it, 1-0.”

Kershaw and Kenley Jansen combined on a two-hitter as the Dodgers evened the National League Championship Series at one win apiece with a 1-0 victory Sunday night at Wrigley Field. The only run in the game was a homer to lead off the second inning by Adrian Gonzalez off Hendricks, who was making his second postseason start.

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Gonzalez said he wanted to be aggressive in his at-bat.

“I saw that the first time through the order in the first inning, he attacked us with fastballs early, trying to establish the fastball, knowing that he was going to go to his changeup later in the game,” Gonzalez said. “I just wanted to get a …

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