Hendricks loses no-hit bid in 9th, Cubs beat Cardinals

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ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Kyle Hendricks took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before

giving up Jeremy Hazelbaker’s leadoff home run, and the Chicago Cubs beat the

St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Monday night to close in on the NL Central crown.



Hazelbaker drove an 0-2 pitch into the right-field stands for his 12th homer

this season. Hendricks, the major league ERA leader, was relieved by Aroldis

Chapman.



“Just left that one up right there. What are you going to do?” Hendricks

said.



Ben Zobrist and Dexter Fowler homered for the Cubs, who lowered their magic

number to three for clinching the division crown. They lead the second-place

Cardinals by 17 games.



Soon after Hazelbaker’s shot cleared the fence, teammates went to the mound to

talk to Hendricks _ leading to an argument between Cubs manager Joe Maddon and

plate umpire Joe West.



Maddon was ejected, and Chapman came in.



Game two of the three-game series is Tuesday night. Jaime Garcia (10-12) starts

for the Cardinals while Jason Hammel (14-8) goes for the Cubs. Game time is 7:15

with the pre-game at 6:20 on KTLO-AM.

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