Hendricks went 6 1/3 innings and Patrick Wisdom hit two more home runs in the Cubs’ 4-3 victory, which avoided a four-game sweep.

SAN FRANCISCO – The Cubs needed some length out of Kyle Hendricks on Sunday after three short starts from Zach Davies, Jake Arrieta and Kohl Stewart. But after a lot of loud contact against Hendricks in the first three innings of the Cubs’ 4-3 win over the Giants, it didn’t look like he’d be able to make it through five either.

But the Cubs’ right-hander battled and despite allowing three early runs, he found another gear in the fourth inning as his next three innings looked completely different from the first three.

Hendricks retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced and didn’t allow another hit after the third inning. He finished the game going 6 1/3 innings allowing three runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

“This is a good stretch,” Hendricks said. “You want to play the good teams. It elevates your level of competition and elevates your game.”

Hendricks played stopper for the Cubs, helping to end their three-game losing streak and helping give the team’s bullpen a breather. He now has a quality start in six of his last seven outings and has won his last five starts.

“We’ve taxed that bullpen really hard,” manager David Ross said. “He picked us up today well we could just use sort of the back end guys and luckily they were fresh and able to get some big outs but nice performance by Kyle

“That’s always my focus,” he said. “Always want to go out there and go deep into the ballgame and keep my pitch count down. And I’ve been doing a pretty good job of it.”

Baez leaves game with hand injury

Shortstop Javy Baez was removed from the game in the seventh inning of Sunday’s game against the Giants with a right hand injury.

During his final at-bat in the sixth inning, Baez grounded out sharply to first base, but after making contact, the Cubs’ shortstop never left the batter’s box and shook out his right hand.

“Where that ball hit, hitting off the end [of the bat] sometimes just gives you a little jolt in the hand area,” Ross said. “We’ll check him out and see how he is tomorrow.”

Pederson out of the lineup for Cubs

Joc Pederson was not in the lineup for the Cubs series finale against the Giants on Sunday dealing with tightness in the right side of his back.

Pederson crashed into the left-field wall in the third inning of Saturday’s loss attempting to chase down Alex Dickerson’s home run before being removed from the game in the fifth inning.

“[He’s doing] much better,” Ross said before the game. “Talking to him this morning, it was smart to come out and make sure everything was all right. He did some work at the back end of the game [on Saturday]. Got some work done last night and feels much better today. Hopefully, things will continue to move in the right direction, but I think he’s going to be okay.”

Zobrist not auctioning World Series ring

Former Cub Ben Zobrist is not auctioning his 2016 World Series ring, according to reports. Zobrist’s agent, Scott Pucino, told the Chicago Tribune that the 2016 World Series MVP isn’t auctioning the ring after Heritage Auctions announced the sale on Friday.

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Following the plan from Mayor Douda, Trig and Tracy lead a successful de-escalation with no law enforcement involvement.

SPOILER ALERT: This recap of Season 4, Episode 3 contains explicit plot details.

On “The Chi,” a plan by Mayor Douda (Curtiss Cook) to defund the police formulates as Community Protection, a program where citizens who have experience in de-escalating conflict are sent to answer mental health calls instead of cops.

Instead of “calling a crackhead,” as pro-police groups often suggest to people seeking an alternative to the current iteration of law enforcement, Douda, his aide Trig (Luke James), and Trig’s girlfriend Tracy (Tai Davis) have other ideas.

Trig and Tracy respond to a call where a man (played by Chicago rapper Vic Mensa) is in the midst of a violent confrontation with his girlfriend. The situation is defused without further violence.

In real life, plans like Douda’s seem to be working well enough to explore further.

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Denver officials executed a six-month trial where mental health officials were sent to emergency calls instead of police officers, and saw positive results where the city’s Support Team Assisted Response, or STAR, responded to 750 calls without arrests.

And, locally, CeaseFire Illinois held a similar preemptive role within Chicago’s marginalized communities until the group’s funding was cut.

One of the cautionary tales of law enforcement’s response to emergency calls pertaining to mental health episodes took place in Chicago in 2015, when police officer Robert Rialmo fatally shot Quintonio LeGrier, a 19-year-old college student, and Bettie Jones, a neighbor who opened the door for the police.

The shootings took place a month after the city was ordered to release the Laquan McDonald shooting video.

In 2016, as the Dallas police chief, David Brown — the current Chicago police superintendent — said: “We’re asking cops to do too much in this country. Every societal failure, we put it off on the cops to solve. Not enough mental health funding? Let the cops handle it. Not enough drug addiction funding? Let’s give it to the cops.”

Some concerned citizens in marginalized communities aren’t interested in pleading with public officials to fix systemic issues as Douda, Trig and Tracy suggested — and their plan seems to take a lot off the plate of the police. (Historically, some folks would rather call a family member instead of the police.)

‘Products of their environment’

Episode three of season four, named “Native Son,” is possibly an ode to Richard Wright’s 1940 novel of the same name that provides nuance regarding the criminal actions of Bigger Thomas, the main character. The impetus for most of the series’ main storylines stems from a murder of teenage boy. The series’ main characters all react to the tragedy in one way, shape, or form. Due to neighborhood circumstances, the series’ characters often make decisions based on location — they often play out in a variety of ways.

‘We make a great team’

Douda and Tracy’s attraction toward each other was solidified in this episode as the two take their working relationship to the next level. In the midst of it all, Roselyn (Kandi Burruss) walks in and tells them she likes to watch. Remember, in the season premiere, when Tracy met with Roselyn, she told the budding activist: “I don’t mind sharing.”

‘When a Black woman get quiet, you should be scared’

Tiff (played by Hannaha Hall) has a lot to process after Emmett (Jacob Latimore) discloses that he’s been unfaithful to her. She sleeps with her business partner, Dante (Cory Hardrict); tells Emmett about it; has a heart-to-heart conversation with Dom (La La Anthony), her new business partner and Emmett’s “entanglement” partner, and comes to a revelation that could salvage her marriage.

After taking in some advice she received about her current situation, Tiff tells Emmett she wants an open marriage, and he seems to be amenable to keeping an open mind to it.

5 things we learned from Episode 3:

• Jada (played by Yolonda Ross) hasn’t told Emmett about her cancer diagnosis.
• Trig appears to have too many irons in the fire.
• Kevin (Alex Hibbert) and Jake (Michael Epps) are serving in-school suspensions.
• Shaad (Jason Weaver) struggles with Trig’s rules.
• Imani wants to help a young woman change her circumstances.

Storylines to think about:

• How will Shaad react to hearing the news that Imani is a transwoman?
• What does Douda and Tracy’s professional — and personal — relationship mean for their attempts to defund the police?
• Will Emmett agree to Tiff’s wishes to have an open marriage?
• Doe Community Protection have a future?

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SAN FRANCISCO – It’s getting harder and harder to put into words what third baseman Patrick Wisdom is doing at the plate for the Cubs.

When Wisdom was brought up from Triple-A Iowa on May 25, it appeared that he would just be a stopgap until the team got healthy. But after turning into one of the hottest hitters in baseball over the last two weeks, it doesn’t look like Wisdom will be going anywhere anytime soon.

It’s not just the fact that Wisdom has been on a tear over the past two weeks, but when the team needs a big swing, he’s been at the plate.

“He’s been carrying us,” manager David Ross said. “It feels like he’s been the real offensive force for us, right now.”

Few things went right for the Cubs during their first three games against the Giants, but leave it to the red-hot Wisdom to help make sure they left the Bay Area with something to feel good about.

Wisdom’s two-homer game not only powered Sunday’s 4-3 win, but he continued to put himself on the map as a player who’s looking to do damage.

“I think it’s just slowing down,” Wisdom said. “Those homers, I think they come when I’m not trying to do too much. … I think when the homers come, it’s just being relaxed and looking for the pitch I can drive and looking for something in the zone.”

Wisdom got the Cubs on the board after they fell behind 2-0 by launching a solo shot to straightaway center field to cut the Giants lead in half.

But with the way he’s been swinging the bat, it was only a matter of time before he did it again. The moment came in his next at-bat, crushing a 422-foot, two-run homer to center to tie the game at 3 and sending the Cubs’ dugout into a frenzy. It was Wisdom’s sixth home run in seven games, his seventh homer in eight starts and his second multi-homer game of the season.

“That was incredible. The guy hits a homer every time,” center fielder Ian Happ said. “The guy’s got seven pumps already and he hasn’t even been here that long. Some of us are looking at the scoreboard and going, ‘Shoot, we’ve been here a minute and we don’t have that many. Oh my God.'”

“He’s locked in right now,” said Kyle Hendricks, who won his fifth consecutive start. “He really couldn’t be any better and as a pitcher, that makes it really frustrating when guys take the really good pitches. Then if you do make a mistake, it’s a homerun.”

Wisdom isn’t 21 or 22 years old like your average rookie. He’s 29, and after having multiple stops along the way before ultimately getting to the Cubs, saying his current hot streak was unexpected would be an understatement.

“Definitely given us more than I think we expected,” Ross said. “That would be a true statement. He’s come in and filled in really nicely and almost carried us here for a little while and kept that lineup turning over there towards the middle.”

While others might not be able to put their finger on why Wisdom is having success, he feels his comfort in the Cubs’ clubhouse has helped him feel at ease, which is clearly transferring to his play on the field.

“I’m thankful for my time in baseball,” Wisdom said. “I think more than anything, it’s just knowing that I can play this game. But fitting right in and I think it’s not only me, but I think it’s a team that I got to give credit to, because they allow you to come in and be yourself and they make you one of the guys right away. So it’s been really cool.”

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He died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer.

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. He was 81.

Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said Sunday.

A native of New York, Williams’ career spanned over five decades in theater, television and film. He was born into a creative family in 1939 and raised by his musical grandparents. His grandfather was a jazz composer and pianist, his father a musician and his mother, Eva Taylor, a singer and actress. He got his acting start on Broadway after a stint as a paratrooper and received a Tony nomination for his role in William Hanley’s “Slow Dance on the Killing Ground” in 1964.

His breakout role would come with “The Mod Squad,” which he led with Peggy Lipton and Michael Cole. Bill Cosby had seen Williams perform and told Aaron Spelling he should consider him for the role of Linc. The show ran from on ABC from 1968 through 1973. A trailblazing show for attempting to portray the hippie generation of the time, “The Mod Squad” was a star-maker for all three. But roles were not quick to follow for Williams.

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He appeared on Broadway opposite Maggie Smith in Tom Stoppard’s “Night and Day” in 1979 before getting cast as the troubled father in “Purple Rain,” which came out in 1984.

Director John Frankenheimer would become a frequent collaborator. They first teamed up for his adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s “52 Pick-Up” at a time when Williams was not having much luck in Hollywood and crashing on Cosby’s couch to keep a roof over his head.

“He asked me to read for the part of one of the blackmailers, but after only four lines, he told me to stop,” Williams recalled in a 1999 interview. “I thought it was all over, but he said, ‘Have your agent call me. It will be a 10-week shoot. Thank you for coming in.’ That was it.”

Williams also appeared in Frankenheimer’s “Against the Wall,” “Reindeer Games” and some episodes of “Tales from the Crypt.”

Williams could command a variety of genres, including comedy. He played a drug lord opposite Dave Chappelle in “Half Baked” and stole scenes in Keenen Ivory Wayans’ blaxploitation parody film “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.” He also had a recurring role as the FBI agent in David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” who tells Agent Cooper he’s been suspended.

Williams never fretted over his longtime association with “The Mod Squad.”

“All most people know about me is the two hours they’ve invested in a movie theater or the time spent in front of their TV,” he said in an interview in 1999. “There’s so much entertainment out there right now, it’s difficult to break through and become part of the national consciousness. It’s nice to be recognized, and I have no problem with it at all.”

He was married to the actress Gloria Foster from 1967 to 1984.

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Police said the two incidents are believed to be related.

Police are warning residents in Mount Greenwood and Beverly of two armed carjacking Sunday that are believed to be related.

The first incident happened about 3:40 a.m. in the parking lot of a restaurant in the 3100 block of West 103rd Street, Chicago police said. Three suspects demanded a person’s vehicle at gunpoint.

Two witnesses inside the restaurant tried to help the victim, but were robbed by the gunmen as they exited the restaurant, police said. One of the gunman fired shots but did not strike anyone. The trio fled in the victim’s Blue Kia.

About 5 a.m., the Kia stolen in the earlier incident was used in the carjacking of a ride-share driver who was waiting for his customers in the 10200 block of South Oakley Avenue, police said.

The suspects were described as three males between 16 and 18 years old wearing dark clothing.

Anyone with information was asked to call Area Two detectives at 312-747-8273.

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Chicago artist and actor Tony Fitzpatrick says the mural, a tribute to the late Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey, will be his last public artwork in Chicago.

A massive mural created by Chicago artist and actor Tony Fitzpatrick will be installed on the exterior of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s new arts and exhibition center in Lincoln Park this week.

Fitzgerald, who has put on several shows at Steppenwolf over the years, said his mural, which measures 12 feet high by 76 feet long, is a personal tribute to former Steppenwolf artistic director Martha Lavey, who died in 2017 and who he considers a mentor.

It’s Fitzpatrick’s largest work to date and his first outdoor mural — and the 62-year-old artist also says it will be the end of a chapter in his career.

“I think it’s time for guys who look like me to get out of the way. My show coming up in October at the [College of DuPage] will be my last museum show. This will be my final public artwork for the city of Chicago. I’m still going to do gallery shows all over the world, I just feel like,… when you get to the top of the hill, you pull the next person up. I think there needs to be more room for artists of color, for LGBTQ artists and for female artists.”

Fitzpatrick said because of the size of the mural and because they could not find a space to work during the pandemic, he enlisted the help of fellow artist Danny Torres, whom he’s recently partnered with in a new public art initiative called Fitzpatrick/Torres Humboldt Caballo, to digitize eight pieces.

They were then digitally printed in Bologna, Italy, on 57 ceramic porcelain tiles, each measuring 4 x 4 feet, and will be installed this week at the building, 1646 N. Halsted St. The building itself, which will house an educational center and additional stages, is scheduled to open in the fall.

Known for his drawings and collages that often have birds, the pieces Fitzpatrick selected for the mural feature floral or tree themes instead of birds and has a garden theme. In addition to being a tribute to Lavey, the mural – titled “Night and Day in the Garden of All Other Ecstasies” – is similar to the creative process of a play, Fitzpatrick said.

“This is the most un-Tony-like looking work of art I’ve ever made. I just thought there really wouldn’t be any human figures. The only thing is Martha’s eyes are in it … We didn’t want it to be literal or linear. We wanted it to be much like the creative process of when you’re putting together a play and trying 100 different things on your way in,” Fitzpatrick said.

The garden theme was something that came to him when thinking back to conversations he had with Lavey over the years.

“I knew based on conversations with Martha that leading a theater company is like tending a large, unruly garden. There are thorns, there are blooms, there are explosions of unexpected color, and there are constantly more seeds available. Every play blooms into its own unexpected beauty but like a garden, it’s fraught with peril as well. There are thorns, there are weeds, there are invasive species.”

While he says the mural will be his last public piece, Fitzpatrick is expanding into other areas. He said he will continue to create jigsaw puzzles of his work — something that he started during the pandemic and went over well, and soon will be adding his art to skateboard decks in a new venture.

Still, the mural brings him personal pride as something that can be viewed and enjoyed by anyone walking by the building.

“I wanted to leave something lasting, life affirming and positive.”

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The good news for the White Sox is the return of Adam Engel.

The bad news is that Billy Hamilton is out.

Before Sunday’s series finale with the Tigers, the Sox reinstated Engel (hamstring) from the injured list while placing Hamilton (right oblique strain) on the 10-day IL. Engel made his season debut Sunday, batting eighth and playing center field.

“We’re glad to get him back, a lot of value,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said. “He can do a lot of things for us.”

Engel strained his right hamstring during a March 20 spring training game and then suffered a setback, delaying the start of his season. During a seven-game rehab stint at Triple-A Charlotte, Engel went 8 for 28 as he got acclimated to live pitching and made sure his outfield reads were sharp.

But the setback, Engel said, was really tough.

“I really care about this team a lot, so it was hard to see that and experience that,” Engel said. “I’m glad I get to put that behind me.”

Other than maybe not lifting as much weight off the field, Engel said he’s able to run full speed and do everything he needs to on a baseball field. That’s good news for the Sox, whose outfield depth has been tested without Luis Robert, Eloy Jimenez and now Hamilton.

“It felt good to get back out there, and things went well the last couple weeks so I’m excited to get back with the big-league club,” Engel said.

As for Hamilton, the 30-year-old outfielder was developing a niche as a sparkplug, delivering value with his speed and glove. The Sox will be without him for at least 10 days, after he was seen grabbing at his right side during his fourth-inning at-bat Saturday.

La Russa said Hamilton’s injury doesn’t seem to be a tear, a somewhat-positive development because an injury like that could keep him out for weeks.

The latest on Kopech, Fry
Michael Kopech, on the 10-day IL with a strained left hamstring since May 31 (retroactive to May 28), is having normal soreness but responding “very well” to a ramped-up throwing program, La Russa said.

La Russa said there isn’t a final determination of when the Sox will activate Kopech, but he’s progressing and that “everything is going in the right direction.”

Kopech’s return would be a boost for the Sox. He’s been a key part of the bullpen and also spot starter, going 2-0 with a 1.78 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings.

As for left-handed reliever Jace Fry (microdiscectomy), he has no ERA in five innings during his rehab stint at Charlotte. La Russa said the Sox could use him, and that Fry is being careful as things progress.

“We are optimistic but it’s slow play,” La Russa said.

Abreu gets a breather
The Sox gave Jose Abreu a day off Sunday to rest, which is effectively two days off because of Monday’s open date. Abreu is 4 for 26 in his last eight games, and struck out twice in Saturday’s loss.

In place of Abreu, Andrew Vaughn started at first for the fifth time this year.

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A 14-year-old girl who was shot Wednesday by gang members after being chased in Back of the Yards has died.

Savanah Quintero was pronounced dead at 12:57 p.m. at Comer Children’s Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 1700 block of West 48th Street, Chicago police said.

The teen and her boyfriend had just bought snacks from a store when they were confronted by three young gunmen, according to police and Ald. Ray Lopez (15th).

They asked if she was in a gang, and after she said she wasn’t, the attackers chased her and opened fire, officials said. She was taken to Comer in critical condition at the time.

No arrests have been reported.

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Lopez, who said he got details of the shooting from police, said a new gang in the area has been recruiting from neighborhood schools — focusing on kids 15 years and younger. He blamed the glorification of gang culture for violence in his ward.

“This elevation of gang life has to come to an end. It’s not cute. It only comes to one outcome, what we saw last night,” he told the Sun-Times.

The seventh-grader said she was not in a gang but a relative belonged to the rival Almighty Saints, Lopez said.

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Margaret Serious  ‘Teller of Tales’ and the Imaginary Writers’ Room on Conan Doyle’s birthday

Medium Rare  Remember when dad would just go to China?

Mom, I Think I’m Poignant! Lori Lightfoot, take a page out of your predecessor Jane Byrne’s political playbook and move to where the bullets are flying

One Cause At A Time  Caregiving, COVID, and Defining the “New Normal”

Opinionated Woman I’m in a purging kind of mood

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