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The Great Jake’s! Game 2 is all Arrieta
- Updated: October 27, 2016
CLEVELAND — In what will be an historic World Series no matter the outcome, Jake Arrieta flirted with a different kind of history, carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning on a brisk Wednesday night at Progressive Field.
Arrieta went 5 1/3 innings before allowing a hit, and combined with Mike Montgomery and Aroldis Chapman on a four-hitter to spark the Cubs to their first win in the World Series since Oct. 8, 1945, a 5-1 victory at Progressive Field that evened the best-of-seven Fall Classic at one win apiece. Game 3 is set for Friday night, when Wrigley Field hosts its first World Series game in 71 years.
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Game Date Time (air time/game time) Matchup TV Gm 1 Oct. 25 CLE 6, CHC 0 Gm 2 Oct. 26 CHC 5, CLE 1 Gm 3 Oct. 28 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CLE @ CHC FOX Gm 4 Oct. 29 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CLE @ CHC FOX *Gm 5 Oct. 30 8 p.m. CLE @ CHC FOX *Gm 6 Nov. 1 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CHC @ CLE FOX *Gm 7 Nov. 2 7:30 p.m./8 p.m. CHC @ CLE FOX * If necessary | All times listed ET • World Series coverageShop for postseason gear: Cubs | Indians
Being tied in the Series isn’t new territory for Cubs manager Joe Maddon. In 2002, he was a coach on the Angels, who lost the first game of each of their three postseason series, yet rallied each time to win the world championship. Of the 57 times the World Series has been tied 1-1, the winner of Game 2 has gone on to win the Series 29 times (50.9 percent). In the last 10 instances since 1993, it’s happened twice — those Angels and the ’09 Yankees.
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Arrieta’s 5 1/3 hitless innings were the most to begin a World Series game since the Mets’ Jerry Koosman went six innings in Game 2 in 1969. The Cubs’ right-hander was two outs shy of matching the team’s longest no-hit bid in the World Series, done in 1906 by Ed Reulbach, who threw six no-hit innings in Game 2 against the White Sox.
Arrieta found himself in the same mess as Game 1 starter Jon Lester. Both got two outs to start the game, but then walked Francisco Lindor and Mike Napoli back to back. Lester gave up two runs on Tuesday night en route to a 6-0 loss, but Arrieta escaped when he got Jose Ramirez to fly out. The right-hander then lost his no-hit bid and the shutout in the span of three batters in the sixth. Jason Kipnis doubled with one out, moved up on a grounder and then scored on a wild pitch. Napoli singled off Arrieta’s 98th pitch, and Maddon went to Montgomery.
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