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Kyt starts in 2018. The right-hander will try to carry that success into September and help the Chicago Cubs grow their lead in the National League Central on Saturday night.Hendricks and the Cubs are facing the Philadelphia Phillies in the middle game of a weekend series at Citizens Bank Park. Right-hander Zach Eflin will be on the mound for Philadelphia.The Phillies http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-josh-bell-jersey , who haven’t won any of their last seven series, beat the Cubs 2-1 on an Asdrubal Cabrera walk-off homer in Friday night’s opener. Philadelphia (72-62) narrowed its deficit to two games behind the Atlanta Braves in the National League East after the victory.Article continues below ...Despite the Friday loss, the Cubs (79-55) have still won eight of their last 10 games. Their lead was four games over the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central after Friday’s loss.Hendricks was part of the Cubs’ recent success in his last outing, throwing seven scoreless innings against the Cincinnati Reds while giving up just two hits. It was the third time in 27 starts this season that Hendricks has thrown seven or more shutout innings.Hendricks (10-10, 3.86 ERA) has pitched seven innings in both of his last starts, giving up just two runs in the outings. Cubs manager Joe Maddon said one of Hendricks’ off-speed pitches has made a significant difference.“The difference for me is the deception on the changeup is back,” Maddon told reporters after Hendricks’ last start. “The arm speed on the changeup is there, and it’s not just a take pitch anymore. They’re not reading it like they were earlier this season Roberto Clemente Jersey , so that’s a big part of his success.”Hendricks, 28, is 3-2 with a 3.58 ERA and 0.949 WHIP in five career starts against the Phillies. He allowed five runs across five innings when he faced Philadelphia on June 5.Eflin (9-5, 3.99), meanwhile, has struggled recently. He has a 6.46 ERA and opponents are hitting .352 with a .917 OPS against him in his last three starts.He surrendered five runs (three earned) and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings of a loss to the Washington Nationals during his last start on Monday.“Honestly, I thought I threw the ball pretty well,” Eflin told MLB.com afterward. “I thought we did a good job of mixing it up. We had some good sequences going http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-josh-bell-jersey , utilized my changeup a lot tonight, which was big. It was a huge step for me being able to throw it that many times, for it to look that good. But at the end of the day, I lost the game.”Eflin beat Hendricks and the Cubs in that June 5 game, going 7 2/3 innings while giving up just one run and eight hits. Eflin, a 24-year-old who has never pitched a major league game in September, is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA against the Cubs in two career starts. or is that more rain?"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Diamondbacks Farm TeamsGameday ThreadsDiamondbacks NewsDiamondbacks Game ReportsFang FoodSnake EST@az_brute_squadShareTweetShareShareSnake Bytes 2/21: Spring is in the air. So far this Spring Training each time I plan to visit SRF and watch workouts the rain comes and changes my plan. Oh well, here is the news. Diamondbacks News: Hazen explains decision to trade Goldy after Machado deal. “Are you one great player from making the World Series? We had Paul Goldschmidt last year Bill Mazeroski Jersey , we didn’t make the playoffs...” Hazen said 3 reasons why the Dbacks will be better than you think. Not sure I subscribe to Shane Dale’s (of abc15) enthusiasm. He goes on to list the reasons as: 1. Strong rotation, 2. Beefy bullpen, 3. Lots o hitting talent. Dback’s Bobby Freeman inducted into the Cactus League HOF. The man. Themyth. The legend. Mr. Bobby (The real Bobby Freeman) Freeman. Around the Cactus League:Cactus league looks to snap 2 year fall in attendance. I have two pro-tips for the league. Schedule MORE night games, and lower the price of some of these tickets. $43 for a seat at SRF to a game v White Sox is a bit pricey, bro. Also, if I am going to spend $43 it would be nice if the sun wasn’t all up in my grill the entire game. Sitting in 90 degree heat, eating fried or grilled foods whilst slamming 40’s and heckling extremely loudly, produce the necessary ingredients for a heat stroke. A.J. Pollock opens 1st spring training with the Dodger evil. Disgusting. Besides A.J. looking like he his super thrilled Dave Parker Jersey , Pollock went on to say this, “There are no hard feelings – at least on my end. The difference was the Dodgers were a team that really, really wanted me....” Guess what, bro? There are lots of hard feelings. With hard feelings come hard heckles........prepare your feelings, Pollock.Around MLB: Baseball’s smooth free agent market. Now that Machado is paid can we stop talking potential strike? Off Topic Snake News: A sneaky snake upstaged A-Rod at Met’s spring training.