He recovered to strike out Mike Napoli to end the inning. He retired Jason Kipnis on a grounder to second base, but then walked Francisco Lindor on seven pitches. Staked to a 3-0 lead before he stepped on the mound, Jake Arrieta started things off by striking out Carlos Santana on just four pitches. The most runs he had allowed in a game until this point was two in a win over the Boston Red Sox in the league division series. Tomlin retired Willson Contreras to end the inning, but he already has his worst start of the postseason. Rizzo scored easily and Zobrist came all the way around from first, running over Roberto Perez for Chicago’s third run.
Russell hit a pop-fly to right-center but Tyler Naquin and Lonnie Chisenhall both appeared to assume the other would catch it and the ball dropped between them. That was only the beginning as Tomlin allowed consecutive singles to Anthony Rizzo and Ben Zobrist that set up Addison Russell with runners on first and third and two outs. But then he hung a curveball to Kris Bryant and paid for it when the slugging third baseman launched it high into the stands in left field for the first run of the game. He only needed one pitch to get a groundout to second from Kyle Schwarber. Josh Tomlin, who had been in a groove throughout the playoffs, got things off to a good start by getting Dexter Fowler to line out to third base for the first out of the game. The last pitcher to accomplish that feat was Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001. The Series will conclude on Wednesday in Cleveland, with the starters expected to be Kyle Hendricks, who led the majors in E.R.A., and Corey Kluber, who was the 2014 American League Cy Young Award winner and will be looking to become the 14th pitcher to win three games in a single World Series. If needed, that pair could eat up four or five innings. The one positive thing for Cleveland was Francona being able to preserve ace relievers Andrew Miller and Cody Allen for Game 7. The Indians showed some fight, but they never truly threatened the Cubs’ lead. The results were not as pretty for Tomlin, who lasted just two and a third innings and was charged with six earned runs. Anthony Rizzo got in on the action, hitting a two-run home run in the ninth inning to put the game out of reach.Īrrieta, who earned his second victory of the series, went five and two-thirds innings, allowing three hits and two earned runs. tied a World Series record for a single game. Indians Manager Terry Francona pulled Tomlin for Dan Otero, but on a 2-0 pitch, Russell crushed the ball an estimated 435 feet to center, increasing Chicago’s lead to 7-0 and putting the game out of reach. Staked to a 3-0 lead, Jake Arrieta proceeded to mow through the Cleveland order, and the game got out of hand in the third inning when Tomlin loaded the bases.
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