 In his last match for the reserves, he scored a hat-trick in the team's 5–2 away win at TuS Mechtersheim.Shortly thereafter, he permanently returned to first-team action.In Kaiserslautern's opening match of the 2008–09 season, a 3–3 away draw at Mainz, Jendrišek came on as a half-time substitute after the team went 3–0 down in the first half and went on to score two goals in two minutes midway through the second half to level the score.