Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

68-49, 33-25 Away

Final
6 - 4

Kansas City Royals

48-69, 28-29 Home

Kevin Gausman shines in his Cubs debut, pitching 7 sharp innings in a 6-4 win over the Royals

The 35-year-old right-hander gave up an RBI single to Isaac Collins in the first inning and Carter Jensen's homer in the fifth, but he otherwise held Kansas City in check. Gausman (6-10) retired 12 of 13 at one point and ended up allowing two runs on four hits and a walk.

Caleb Thielbar allowed a pair of runs in the eighth for the Cubs before Trent Thornton escaped the jam, getting Nick Loftin to fly out with the tying run on first base. Jacob Webb breezed through the ninth for his seventh save.

The Cubs gave Gausman the support he needed in the second, when Seiya Suzuki followed Pete Crow-Armstrong's RBI single with a two-run single of his own. Chicago wound up plating four runs off Daniel Lynch IV (4-3), who had pitched out of the bullpen all season but was getting the start for a Kansas City rotation waylaid by injuries.

Lynch only lasted 1 2/3 innings, striking out two and walking two, before Royals manager Matt Quatraro went to his bullpen.

Alex Bregman added an RBI single in the seventh for Chicago. Pedro Ramirez went deep in the eighth.

Gausman won his final start for Toronto last Saturday, allowing just one run while pitching into the sixth inning against St. Louis. But he had otherwise struggled the past few weeks, going 1-5 with a 5.17 ERA in his final seven starts for the Blue Jays.

Up next RHP Clay Holmes (4-4, 2.39 ERA) makes his Cubs debut Saturday night following his trade from the Mets. It also will be his first start since May 15, when he fractured his right fibula on a sharp liner by the Yankees' Spencer Jones.

RHP Seth Lugo (4-7, 4.41) tries to bounce back from a dismal start against the Rockies when he takes the mound for Kansas City.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Isbel struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Isbel hit for Tolbert
	9th Inning	Rave struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rave hit for Marte
	9th Inning	Massey lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Webb relieved Thornton

Statistics

CHC		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
5	Strikeouts	7
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
19	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	13
41	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
4.8	Runs Created	3.3
.257	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.382
.257	Secondary Average	.235
.366	On Base Percentage	.250
.709	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.632
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
37.0	Batter Rating	32.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.086	Isolated Power	.176
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
12.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
86.0	MLB Rating	79.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0