Kevin Gausman bangs up shoulder, Cubs lose another to Marlins: ‘The baseball gods are going to test you’
Cubs pitcher Kevin Gausman suffered a shoulder injury during a 3-2 loss to the Marlins, potentially impacting the team's playoff roster.
If back-to-back losses with a chance to clinch a playoff spot weren’t frustrating enough for the Cubs, here’s a new potential complication at the very end of the regular season.Kevin Gausman – the righty pitcher who headlined Jed Hoyer’s trade-deadline haul and figured to be a candidate to log significant playoff innings after helping the Blue Jays to the World Series last season – banged his left shoulder while making a diving play at third base in the sixth inning of Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to…
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