SAN DIEGO – It’s not often that a starter jogs out to the mound in the ninth inning. Before Monday, no Cubs starter had even made it into the eighth this season. But in a 6-0 win against the Padres, right-hander Kyle Hendricks came one out short of a complete game, tossing 8 2⁄3 shutout innings.
“He did a spectacular job,” Cubs manager David Ross said, “and we needed that.”
