TORONTO — After a frenzied travel day, Canadian outfielder Owen Caissie made his big-league debut for the Chicago Cubs on Thursday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Caissie caught a morning flight from Des Moines, Iowa, and arrived at the downtown stadium shortly before the start of the mid-afternoon interleague series finale.

The 23-year-old Caissie, from nearby Burlington, Ont., batted in the fifth spot as the designated hitter.

He swung at a first-pitch fastball from Max Scherzer in his first at-bat but was denied an extra-base hit when Davis Schneider made a diving catch in left field.

"I think offence is his calling card and he hits the ball extremely hard," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said before the game. "I think he's going to hit a lot of home runs someday. He's not a home run hitte

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