Hendricks (2-9) allowed six runs on eight hits over five innings Friday, striking out four and taking a loss against the Royals.
Hendricks worked through four scoreless frames before things unraveled in the fifth inning as Kansas City racked up six runs, capped off by Salvador Perez's three-run shot. Hendricks has gone 1-5 with a 6.07 ERA over his last six outings, but that stretch has actually lowered his season ERA to 6.95 across 80.1 innings. He's currently in line to start in Cincinnati next week.