Kevin Gausman opened the fifth inning of Wednesday's 5-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians with his most dominating sequence of the night, another glimpse of how special Gausman can be when everything is working for him -- something that's become far too irregular this season.
Gausman had pitched four shutout innings to this point, grinding his way through a two-on, no-out jam in the previous inning to keep Cleveland scoreless before opening the fifth facing left fielder Austin Jackson.
Gausman dotted a 93-mph four-seam fastball down for a called strike, threw a splitter near the same spot that Jackson fouled off, then finished a three-pitch strikeout with a slider down and away that Jackson chased.