Kyle Hendricks '12 Starting for Cubs in Game 3 of NLCS Tonight

HANOVER, N.H. — Former Dartmouth pitcher Kyle Hendricks '12 has been named as the starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in the third game of the National League Championship Series (NLCS) at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The game will be televised on TBS with the first pitch coming shortly after 8 p.m.

The right-hander from San Juan Capistrano, California, was in the starting rotation all season for the Cubs, starting 32 games while posting an 8-7 record with a 3.95 ERA over 180 innings, striking out 167 batters and walking just 43. Hendricks, who finished seventh in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting in 2014, is making his second postseason start, having started game two of the Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, a game the Cubs won, 6-3.

Hendricks pitched for the Big Green for three years (2009-11), helping the team win two Ivy League titles. It was his 7.1 scoreless innings as a freshman in the decisive third game of the 2009 Ivy League Championship Series that propelled Dartmouth to its first conference crown in 22 years. In his final year in Hanover as a junior, Hendricks went 5-3 with a 2.47 ERA over 62 innings.

Hendricks finished his collegiate career with a 15-12 record and 4.87 ERA spanning 186.2 innings before being drafted by the Texas Rangers in the eighth round of the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft. The Rangers traded Hendricks in 2013 as part of a deal with the Cubs that brought Ryan Dempster to Texas.

UPDATE: With the score tied at two with two outs in the fourth, the Cubs pinch hit for Hendricks, ending his night. He threw four innings and allowed two runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.