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08/08 20:44 CDT Jac Caglianone powers the Royals past Chicago 6-3 as Clay
Holmes makes a shaky debut for the Cubs
Jac Caglianone powers the Royals past Chicago 6-3 as Clay Holmes makes a shaky
debut for the Cubs
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) --- The Royals made Clay Holmes' debut with the Chicago
Cubs a forgettable affair Saturday night, hammering him for four runs in his
return from the injured list, while Jac Calgianone helped to power Kansas City
to a 6-3 victory.
Caglianone hit two homers, two doubles and finished with four RBIs for the
Royals. Josh Rojas also had a pair of RBIs.
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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