Final Score: CHI 5 CLE 1

 

Bottom Ninth

Chapman allows a two-out walk to Brandon Guyer, but that's it. The Cubs win Game 2 and tie the 2016 World Series at a game apiece. Game 3 goes Friday in Chicago.

 

Top Ninth

Mike Clevinger gets the balls and has a sharp 1-2-3 inning.

 

Bottom Eighth

Hard-throwing closer Aroldis Chapman comes in with two-out and one man on to strikeout Ramirez. The Cubs are three outs away from tying the series.

 

Top Eighth 

Otero has a smooth inning, sitting down Zobrist, Schwarber and Baez in order.

 

Bottom Seventh

Montgomery works around a two-out single and walk to get out of the seventh without any damage done. The Cubs still hold their 5-1 lead.

 

Top Seventh

After pitcher Jeff Manship loaded the bases with just one away, Danny Otero came in and proceeded to force Bryant to ground into a fielder's choice and for Rizzo to line out to Crisp in left. The Indians keep their deficit at four.

 

Bottom Sixth

The Indians finally get to Arrieta thanks to a double by Kipnis for their first hit of the ball game. He would later score on an Arrieta wild pitch to pull Cleveland within four. After a Mike Napoli single, Chicago manager Joe Maddon takes out Arrieta and puts in Mike Montgomery

 

Top Sixth

Danny Salazar retires the first two batters he faces, before allowing back-to-back walks to Zobrist and Schwarber. Salazar gets Baez to fly out and end the threat. 

 

Bottom Fifth

Arrieta keeps it rolling with another perfect inning. He has six Ks over five innings.

 

Top Fifth

Zobrist hit a triple down the right-field line to score Rizzo from first base, his second run of the game. Cubs lead 3-0 as Bryan Shaw comes in to pitch for McAllister.

The Cubs waste no time getting to Shaw as Schwarber hits another RBI single to score Zobrist and extend their lead to 4-0.

Baez kept the inning alive after a fielding error by Jason KipnisJorge Soler would force a walk to load the bases and Russell did the same to score Willson Contreras from third base. 5-0 Cubs.

 

Bottom Fourth

Ramirez gets on with a two-out walk, but the Cubs get out of the inning unscathed. Arrieta has yet to allow a hit through four innings.

 

Top Fourth

After allowing a two-out single to Russell, Bauer is pulled from the game in favour of right-handed reliever Zach McAllister. McAllister struck out Dexter Fowler to end the inning. 

 

Bottom Third

For the second straight inning, Arrieta sat down the Cleveland hitters in order.

 

Top Third

With two outs, Rizzo walked on a full count and then Ben Zobrist singled to centre. Kyle Schwarber, who is back in the lineup after missing basically the entire year with a knee injury, smoked a single to centre to score Rizzo.

 

Bottom Second

Chisenhall, Coco Crisp and Tyler Naquin went down in order.

 

Top Second

After a leadoff infield single by Javier Báez, Bauer sat down the next three. Centrefielder Lonnie Chisenhall made a nice running grab off a hard hit ball by Addison Russell to end the inning.  

 

Bottom First

After sitting down the first two batters, starting pitcher Jake Arrieta walked Francisco Lindor and Mike Napoli back-to-back before making Jose Ramirez fly out to deep centre.

 

Top First

Kris Bryant hit a one-out single off starting pitcher Trevor Bauer followed by a double by Anthony Rizzo. Bryant scored from first to put the Cubs up 1-0.

 

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