Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals

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Chicago Cubs

68-50, 33-26 Away

Final
3 - 6

Kansas City Royals

49-69, 29-29 Home

Jac Caglianone powers the Royals past Chicago 6-3 as Clay Holmes makes a shaky debut for the Cubs

Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Caglianone hit two homers, two doubles and finished with four RBI for the Royals. Josh Rojas also had a pair of RBI.

Seth Lugo (5-7) out-shined Holmes with his eight-pitch repertoire, which included a looping 65 mph curve that fanned MVP candidate Pete Crow-Armstrong. Lugo wound up allowing three runs on five hits and a walk over six innings, striking out five.

Nate Pearson handled the ninth against his former team to pick up his second save of the season.

Holmes (4-5) last started a big league game May 15, when he was still with the Mets, and a 111 mph liner from the Yankees’ Spencer Jones fractured his right fibula. He was in the midst of making rehab starts when the Cubs traded for him earlier this week.

Holmes needed 70 pitches to go four innings, allowing six hits and two walks while striking out one.

Caglianone gave the Royals to a 1-0 lead with his first-inning homer, a shot to right-center that went an estimated 448 feet. Rojas added a two-run single in the second, after a sacrifice bunt by Nick Loftin had advanced the runners, and Caglianone's double in the third was enough to score Bobby Witt Jr. from first base and make it 4-0.

Carson Kelly halved the lead with a two-out double in the fourth, and Ian Happ's two-out homer made it 4-3 in the sixth. But the Cubs squandered a chance when the Royals' John Schreiber struck out Seiya Suzuki with two aboard in the seventh.

Caglianone added his second homer in the bottom half of the inning to give the Royals some breathing room.

Up next LHP Matthew Boyd (7-1, 3.59) tries to win his eighth consecutive decision Sunday when he takes the mound for the Cubs in the series finale. RHP Randy Dobnak (2-0, 1.16) tries to continue his resurgence when he makes the start for Kansas City.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramirez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramirez hit for Taylor
	9th Inning	Swanson fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Conforto doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Pearson relieved Cruz

Statistics

CHC		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	16
10	Strikeouts	1
3	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	19
37	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
3.6	Runs Created	6.8
.206	Batting Average	.323
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.382	Slugging Percentage	.613
.265	Secondary Average	.452
.270	On Base Percentage	.400
.653	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.013
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
3.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.7
28.0	Batter Rating	47.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.69
.176	Isolated Power	.290
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	4.00
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.129
6.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.5	MLB Rating	96.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0