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Felix progresses toward finding form vs. Cubs
- Updated: August 1, 2016
CHICAGO — It certainly wasn’t a command performance for Felix Hernandez on Sunday, but the King kept control well enough to put his team in position to win until the Cubs rallied to hand the Mariners a 7-6, 12-inning loss at Wrigley Field.
In his third start since coming off a two-month stint on the disabled list with a strained calf, the Mariners ace allowed just two hits, but gave up a pair of runs and managed to go only five innings in large part because of five walks and a hit batter.
Then he could only sit and watch in frustration as the Cubs scored the final seven runs of the game, including three off closer Steve Cishek in the ninth and then the game-winner on a bunt by pinch-hitting pitcher Jon Lester in the 12th off Cody Martin.
“This was a tough loss for us,” Hernandez said. “The offense came through in the first three innings. But it’s a tough loss.”
Hernandez has struggled to find his rhythm since rejoining the rotation, but pitched better in this one and remains 5-4 with a 3.46 ERA after winding up with a …
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