Cubs’ trade-deadline acquisition Kevin Gausman leaves Crosstown bout early
<p>The headlining addition of the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>’ trade-deadline haul made an early exit from Tuesday night’s tilt with the Crosstown-rival <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a>.</p><p>Righty starting pitcher Kevin Gausman departed in the fifth inning, leaving with the trainer after facing two batters.</p><p>In the fourth inning, a visit from the trainer caused a lengthy delay, with Gausman seemingly dealing with a hand/thumb issue. He stayed in the game and struck out the final batter of the frame, then returned to start the fifth, recording a strikeout and allowing an infield single before leaving, replaced by right-hander Javier Assad.</p><p>It was an overall eventful outing for Gausman, who dealt with a lot of traffic on the bases.
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<p>The headlining addition of the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>’ trade-deadline haul made an early exit from Tuesday night’s tilt with the Crosstown-rival <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a>.</p><p>Righty starting pitcher Kevin Gausman departed in the fifth inning, leaving with the trainer after facing two batters.</p><p>In the fourth inning, a visit from the trainer caused a lengthy delay, with Gausman seemingly dealing with a hand/thumb issue. He stayed in the game and struck out the final batter of the frame, then returned to start the fifth, recording a strikeout and allowing an infield single before leaving, replaced by right-hander Javier Assad.</p><p>It was an overall eventful outing for Gausman, who dealt with a lot of traffic on the bases. He walked the game’s first two batters but dodged damage in that frame. He allowed a trio of two-out singles to produce the Sox’ first run in the second inning, gave up a home run to first baseman Munetaka Murakami in the third inning and allowed a run on a couple doubles in the fourth.</p><p>Gausman finished with three runs on his tally in 4 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits and a couple walks.
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- <p>The headlining addition of the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>’ trade-deadline haul made an early exit from Tuesday night’s tilt with the Crosstown-rival <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a>.</p><p>Righty starting pitcher Kevin Gausman departed in the fifth inning, leaving with the trainer after facing two batters.</p><p>In the fourth inning, a visit from the trainer caused a lengthy delay, with Gausman seemingly dealing with a hand/thumb issue. He stayed in the game and struck out the final batter of the frame, then returned to start the fifth, recording a strikeout and allowing an infield single before leaving, replaced by right-hander Javier Assad.</p><p>It was an overall eventful outing for Gausman, who dealt with a lot of traffic on the bases.
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