Kevin Gausman's nine strikeouts in dominant outing
Kevin Gausman strikes out nine batters and allows only one run over seven dominant innings in his outing against the Brewers
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Getting familiar with how to pitch at Wrigley Field.
It's only his seventh career start for the veteran in this ballpark.
In addition, at the deadline, ahead of Chio, one and two, and there it is.
Uses the splitter to get a strikeout to start the night on one of Milwaukee's best.
One of the things the Milwaukee Brewers make the other pitcher do is throw a lot of strikes, and usually don't swing out of the strike zone.
This is one of those rarities.
Two and one to the Milwaukee catcher, and he pops it up.
Nico Hoerner has slid over to shortstop in the absence of Dansby Swanson.
He navigates it.
One-one.
Ortiz hits it into center.
Pete Crow-Armstrong waited, drifts, makes the catch, and Gausman leaves a couple of Brewers stranded.
Strike three!
But that one is a beautiful fastball placed perfectly.
Perhaps looking for the splitter, Chio frozen for Gausman's second strikeout.
They're two down.
Well, Gausman has had some trouble in this ballpark, but right now his fastball is firm and, and again, in a perfect low spot, which is gonna help his off-speed pitches.
Two-two delivery, and an appeal down to third.
He went around.
Gausman with back-to-back strikeouts to finish off that third inning.
There it is, right on cue, John.
He gets the strikeout.
His fourth of the night.
Strike three!
Another fastball freezes another Milwaukee hitter, so he got Chio frozen on a fastball in the third.
He gets Bowers here in the fourth.
There it is, right on cue for his sixth strikeout.
Ortiz big, drift off the third base bag.
Strikeout from Gausman on the fastball.
One and two pitch to Contreras, and the splitter gets him swinging for another strikeout.
That is eight of 'em now, John, for Kevin Gausman.
And another fastball to freeze a Brewer.
Out to center.
And seven excellent Kevin Gausman innings in Chicago against the division foes tonight.
