Caglianone’s two homers carry Royals past Cubs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — Jac Caglianone went 4 for 4 with two home runs and four RBIs, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium.
Caglianone opened the scoring with a solo homer in the first, doubled in a run in the third and capped the Royals’ scoring with a two-run shot in the seventh. Josh Rojas singled in two runs during a second-inning rally. Kansas City scored once in each of the first three innings and added two in the seventh.
Seth Lugo (5-7) allowed five hits and three earned runs over six innings, striking out five. Nate Pearson worked the ninth for his second save.
Chicago, which had won Friday’s series opener, scored twice in the fourth on Carson Kelly’s two-run double and once in the sixth on Ian Happ’s homer. Clay Holmes (4-5) took the loss after allowing four earned runs in four innings. Bobby Witt Jr. committed a throwing error on Kelly’s double.
The Royals had 10 hits; the Cubs had seven. Attendance was 32,326, and the game lasted 2:30. Kansas City improved to 49-69, while Chicago fell to 68-50.