TORONTO - The Chicago Cubs had a clear game plan against Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman on Wednesday night.

Attack his fastball early and often.

The aggressiveness paid off as Michael Busch and Matt Shaw hit solo homers in a 4-1 victory over Toronto in front of a sellout crowd of 43,120 at Rogers Centre.

Gausman (8-9) was tagged with the loss despite allowing just three hits and two earned runs over seven innings.

“They were not hesitating on his heater,” said Blue Jays manager John Schneider.

Busch turned on a 3-1 offering in the third inning for his 23rd homer of the year and Shaw followed two frames later with his 10th of the season.

“I could kind of tell after the first (inning) that they were going to come out swinging,” Gausman said. “Obviously I think the two homers were the

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