Cubs vs Royals

Jac Caglianone Turns Kauffman Stadium Into His Own Private Sandbox

• The Headline: Jac Caglianone puts on a Ruthian masterclass with a four-hit, two-homer onslaught as the Royals fend off the Cubs 6-3.

• The Recap: Saturday night in Kansas City belonged entirely to a one-man wrecking crew named Jac Caglianone. The Royals’ slugger decided that hitting just one baseball hard wasn’t enough, going a cool 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two majestic home runs, and driving in four runs to single-handedly out-muscle Chicago.

  Caglianone launched his first shot in the opening inning off Clay Holmes, and later put the game out of reach with a two-run blast off Colin Rea. Seth Lugo did the heavy lifting on the mound for six solid innings, and despite a late solo homer from Ian Happ, Kansas City’s bullpen slammed the door shut. The Cubs found out the hard way that when Caglianone decides to treat the pitching staff like batting practice, there’s just no stopping him.