Kyle Kendrick was at his absolute best as he kept the Athletics off-balance for eight scoreless innings to earn his seventh victory of the year.Kendrick was hit hard in his last outing against the Red Sox but tonight he bounced back in a big way limiting the A's to just four hits. Kendrick is one of a long line of pitchers that can break your heart from start to start given a lack of dominating stuff.

Phillies' Kendrick goes eight scoreless

Kendrick takes first loss in two months

Phillies SP Kyle Kendrick pitched just well enough to earn the win Monday against the Reds, giving up four runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings during a 5-4 victory. Kendrick left after Jay Bruce singled to put two runners on with one out in the sixth. Chad Durbin retired Brandon Phillips on a fly to right, but Adam Dunn hit a liner into the gap in right-center to score two runs. Kendrick did not walk a batter or record a strikeout. He allowed solo homers to Bruce and Edwin Encarnacion.