Caglianone Goes 4-for-4 With Two Bombs, KC Holds Off Chicago
Jac Caglianone was untouchable on Saturday, going 4-for-4 with 2 home runs, 4 RBI, and 2 runs scored as Kansas City beat Chicago 6-3. The story of the night was a one-man wrecking crew who opened the scoring with a 448-foot shot and closed the door with a 420-foot exclamation point.
Kansas City wasted no time making its intentions clear. Caglianone led off the scoring with a 448-foot home run to center, and the Royals kept building from there. A Josh Rojas single to right plated two more runs — Massey and Rave both scored — and before Chicago could blink, it was 3-0. Caglianone then doubled to right to score Witt Jr., pushing the lead to 4-0. Colin Rea lasted just 4.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 4 hits and 2 earned runs while failing to record a single strikeout — not the outing Chicago needed against a hot Kansas City lineup.
The Cubs clawed back, and for a moment it looked like a game. A Carson Kelly double to left in the fourth scored Hoerner and Bregman — aided by a throwing error from shortstop Witt Jr. — cutting the deficit to 4-2. Then Ian Happ launched a 381-foot home run to right center in the sixth to make it 4-3, and suddenly Chicago had life. Clay Holmes came on in relief for the Cubs and appeared to be holding things together, but the 4-3 score was as close as Chicago would get.
In the seventh, Caglianone ended the suspense. He crushed a 420-foot home run to center, scoring Jensen and pushing Kansas City's lead to 6-3. The win probability swung from 74% to 93% on that single swing — a 19-point lurch that effectively ended the game as a contest. Seth Lugo had already done his part, going 6.0 innings and allowing just 3 earned runs while striking out 5. John Schreiber closed things out with a clean inning — 0 hits, 0 earned runs, and 2 strikeouts in 1.0 IP. The Cubs' bullpen, by contrast, looks like it was the real culprit: Holmes surrendered 6 hits and 4 earned runs across 4.0 innings, turning what could have been a competitive game into a comfortable Kansas City win. Caglianone's 4-for-4 performance was the kind of night that demands attention — every at-bat, every barrel, every run.