Kevin Gausman was charged with four runs (three earned) over five-plus innings on Monday in a loss to the Reds.
Gausman surrendered five hits, including a fourth-inning solo homer to TJ Friedl, and was lifted after a pair of baserunners reached safely to open the sixth inning on a dropped third strike and a single. He tallied five strikeouts and only issued a pair of walks. The strikeouts have mostly been there for the 33-year-old veteran righty this season, but he’s backslid a ton from a run-prevention standpoint with his highest single-season ERA since splitting the 2019 campaign between the Braves and Reds. He’ll bring an underwhelming 4.24 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and 131/43 K/BB ratio across 144 1/3 innings (25 starts) into a favorable home matchup on Saturday against the Angels, who he shut out for seven innings his last time out.