He was aware of being ready in the seventh inning. “It’s something you can’t normally do during the season without beating somebody up too badly,” Maddon said. Of Chapman’s 42 pitches, 15 flew in at 100 mph or faster. “That was a big ask, and he answered,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. He took a chug of water from a plastic bottle on the left-field bullpen mound when Maddon called him in with a runner on. “They’re going to be pretty fired up, and they’re going to get us going.”Ĭhapman, obtained from the Yankees in July, hadn’t pitched in the seventh inning since 2012. It’s going to be nuts,” first baseman Mike Napoli said. Over 67,000 showed up at Progressive Field just to watch the three road games on the video board. Seeking its first title since 1948, Cleveland is in search of its third-ever title and has won the championship at home just once, in 1920. The Cubs are trying to become the first club to overcome a 3-1 Series deficit since the 1985 Kansas City Royals and the first to do it by winning Games 6 and 7 on the road since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates. Now we have to go to Cleveland and win.”Ĭhicago, which led the majors this year with 103 regular-season wins, will try to extend its season again Tuesday night when Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta faces Josh Tomlin. Every pitch gets bigger and bigger as the game goes on.

“High anxiety,” first baseman Anthony Rizzo said. Fans stayed long after the final out and sang “Sweet Home Chicago” as Cubs returned to the field for media interviews. The crowd of 41,711 erupted when Jose Ramirez, who had homered earlier, foul tipped a 101 mph offering at the outside corner into the glove of catcher Willson Contreras for the final out.Ī white flag with a blue “W” was raised atop Wrigley Field after a Series win for the first time since Oct. Kiszla: World Series game Cubs waited for 71 years ends in same old heartbreak at Wrigley Saunders: 84-year-old Cubs fan revels in memory of attending 1945 World Series Cub? Searching for the spirit of Ernie Banks at the World SeriesĬorey Kluber, Indians beat Cubs 7-2, now lead World Series 3-1 “I was ready to come in at a moment’s notice.” Related Articles “I didn’t expect to come in so early, but I mentally prepared myself,” Chapman said through a translator. Aroldis Chapman, Cubs stop Indians, cut World Series deficit to 3-2 – The Denver Post Close MenuĪs nervous fans fretted at Wrigley Field, the big Cuban left-hander fired his 100 mph heat over and over, preserving a 3-2 win Sunday night that cut Cleveland’s Series lead to 3-2.

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