After sailing a long way back to health, Kyle Hendricks is ready for his return to the chicago cubs. Back from his own injury problem, Carlos Carrasco aims to put an end to his early season woes for the New York Mets
Hendricks will make his first appearance in over 10 months as the puppies go for a series of three sweep games of the visitors mets Thursday night. Carrasco will start for New York
Hendricks, the lone remaining member of Chicago’s 2016 World Series-winning club, hasn’t been on a major league mound since July 5, 2022 due to a shoulder injury. However, after extensive rehab, minor league work and a bullpen session at Wrigley Field this week, the right-hander will receive the ball as the puppies watch out for the fourth straight home win
“Just exciting to get it back.” puppies President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said of Hendricks, who opted not to have surgery to repair the capsular tear in his shoulder. “He’s the perfect teammate…I think everyone is excited to have him back and on the mound here.
The 33-year veteran is 87-61 with a 3.46 career ERA in 223 games (222 starts) since arriving in Chicago in 2014.
Hendricks has done pretty well against New York, going 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA in five career regular-season starts. he will seek to help puppies they remained perfect after they held the mets to two runs in each of the first two games of the series following a 2-7 road trip
New York entered the current series as the winner of five straight games. However, starters Tylor Megill and Kodai Senga have allowed nine runs, seven earned, in 8 2/3 innings over the past two days for the metswho has lost 11 of his last 14 on the road
Carrasco (0-2, 8.68 ERA) has allowed five or more runs in three of his four starts this season.
The right-hander missed more than a month with elbow inflammation, then returned Friday to give up five runs, including a three-run home run, five hits and two walks in five innings against his former club, the Cleveland Guardians. .
Although Carrasco was far from efficient, he allowed just one run in his last three innings.
“It was good to be able to finish my pitches,” Carrasco said. “I didn’t do it at the beginning of the season.”
Carrasco is 1-1 with a 3.31 ERA in three career starts against Chicago. In a small sample, Nico Hoerner, who homered during the puppiesVictory 4-2 on Wednesday, it is 2-for-3 against Carrasco
Chicago’s Christopher Morel, who is 0-for-1 with a walk against Carrasco, increased his season-opening hitting streak to 13 games with an infield single Wednesday. Morel had homered in each of the previous five games.
New York star Pete Alonso is 0-for-4 against Hendricks, but has had one hit in eight of his last nine games, belting five home runs during that span. mets Catcher Francisco Álvarez, who hit a two-run homer on Wednesday, is 6 for 13 with three homers and seven RBIs in his last four games.
“At the end of the day, I have to stay in control of myself,” said Alvarez, who is making the most of his opportunity after reaching the majors late last season, at SNY. “This at-bat is up to me.”
–Field level media
