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Kyle Hendricks is back, the White Sox looking good, and a Bulls PG who wants to play

After pounding the ball for the last week or so, the Cubs were limited to one run by the Pirates and their ace, Gerrit Cole. Fortunately for the Cubs, Kyle Hendricks and the Cubs bullpen made that one run stand up. Addison Russell scored the only run of the game. Russell doubled in the second and later scored on an error by Bucs second baseman, Alex Hanson.

Welcome back Kyle

Hendricks went 6 innings and was followed by Koji Uehara, Hector Rondon and Wade Davis who all pitched a scoreless inning. Earlier in the season, the Cubs weren't hitting on all cylinders. Now, if the hitting isn't there, the pitching is picking them up. The sputtering appears to be over.

I'm not sure how they're doing it, but I like it

As I'm writing this, the White Sox are up on the Royals 6-2 in the middle of the 7^th inning. Sox starter, Dylan Covey went 4 innings and gave up 2 runs. The Sox pummeled Royals starter, Danny Duffy for 6 runs on 9 hits in 4.2 innings. Leury Garcia started in center field and had 2 hits and had driven in 2 runs. Even Todd Frazier's bat broke its sabbatical and had a double and 2 RBIs. Going into the night, the Royals were 7-12.

Royals getting crowned

The Royals have had trouble scoring this season. Alex Gordon was hitting under .200 going into tonight's game after hitting .217. No doubt there are some MLB teams that are glad they didn't sign Alex when he was a free agent. In addition, Jorge Soler, obtained from the Cubs in an effort to boost the Royals offense, is on an injury rehab stint in Omaha. That might sum up Jorge's career.

I would rather the Bears trade with the Browns than the Pats

According to CBS Sports, the Cleveland Browns are reportedly talking about trading up in the draft with three of the top 8 drafting teams. If the Bears are looking at trading down, this looks like an opportunity. I doubt the Bears will take a quarterback with the number three daft pick after signing Mike Glennon as a free agent. The Bears could use a safety and they could well get one with Cleveland's 12^th overall pick. Whatever else the Bears could pick up would be gravy.

But has he talked to his body?

It's reported that Bulls point guard, Rajon Rondo, will try to play in game five of the Bulls playoff series against the Celtics. I don't know if Rondo can play or not, or even if he does play how good he will be, but I appreciate his effort. After years of Derrick Rose listening to his body it's nice to see a Bulls point guard make an extra effort to play in the playoffs. In Chicago, that's been a foreign concept.

More next time.