That cut the deficit to only two and brought up Rajai Davis. While Indians fans held their breath, Brandon Guyer came through with a double into the gap that scored Ramirez. Maddon once again made a move to his bullpen, this time signaling for “The Cuban Missile” Aroldis Chapman. Lester succeeded in getting the first two outs but then gave up a single to Jose Ramirez. With the Cubs up 6-3, the game went quiet for the next couple of innings.įast-forward to the bottom of the eighth. In this, his final Major League game, Ross took Miller out the front door for a solo homer that once again took the wind out of the Indian faithful. This made the score 5-3 and got the crowd going again.Īfter that disaster of an inning ended, David Ross led off the top of the sixth. Since Ross couldn’t locate the baseball, Kipnis took advantage and scored all the way from second base. The pitch was so wild, in fact, that it hit Ross in the facemask and ricocheted all the way to the first base dugout. With Santana on third and Kipnis at second because of the error, Lester uncorked a wild pitch. After a Jason Kipnis single that resulted in an error, we witnessed one of the most bizarre moments in World Series history. Maddon opted for Jon Lester and also replaced Contreras with David Ross, Lester’s personal catcher. He finished his night with 4 2/3 innings pitched while only giving up one earned run. After getting the first two outs, but also walking Santana, Joe Maddon gave Hendricks the hook. The Indians, coming into the bottom of the fifth, desperately needed to start a rally. Andrew Miller came on in relief and immediately surrendered a single, a walk, and a base hit to make it 5-1. That chased Kluber from the game, having given up four earned runs in four innings. After the Indians failed to score, Javier Baez added to the lead with a solo homer. Addison Russell drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and that was followed by another run scoring on a Wilson Contreras double. In the top half of the next inning, the Cubbies answered the bell again. In the third inning, Carlos Santana tied the game at one, getting the crowd right back into it. From there, it slowed just a little, with an Indians threat in the second being thwarted. As loud as they were, though, Dexter Fowler immediately dampened the mood with a solo homerun off Kluber to give the Cubs a 1-0 advantage. As the Indians took the field, the crowd was raucous.
The two best words in sports, “Game Seven,” mean anything can happen.
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