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DYK: Arrieta’s historic no-hit bid
- Updated: October 27, 2016
After dropping Game 1 of the World Series, the Cubs bounced back on Wednesday night, with a 5-1 victory over the Indians at Progressive Field.
The series-evening triumph was the first World Series game win for the franchise since Game 6 of the 1945 Fall Classic on Oct. 8, 1945. That’s a span of 25,952 days, which is a numerical palindrome (the same number forwards and backwards).
• Game 3: Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET air time | 8 ET game time on FOX
The upcoming Game 3 could be the real decider, though. In World Series with a 2-3-2 format, which was established in 1925, 43 series have been tied 1-1 going into Game 3. Teams that have won Game 3 at home have won 16 of 23 series, while teams that have won Game 3 on the road have won 14 of 20, for an overall series record of 30-13. However, the last two teams to win Game 3 after a 1-1 split (the 2014 Royals and 2013 Cardinals) went on to lose the Series.
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
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Here are some other facts and figures to know about Game 2:
Arrieta keeps Tribe bats quiet
• Jason Kipnis recorded the Indians’ first hit of the night with a one-out double in the bottom of the sixth. That ended Jake Arrieta’s no-hit bid at 5 1/3 innings, the third-longest by a Cubs pitcher in World Series history, following Ed Reulbach’s six-inning bid in Game 2 of the 1906 World Series and Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown’s 5 2/3-inning bid in Game 4 of that same Fall Classic.
• Arrieta’s 5 1/3 no-hit innings gave him the longest no-hit bid by any pitcher for any club in the World Series since the Mets’ Jerry Koosman lasted six no-hit innings in Game 2 of the 1969 Fall Classic.
• With his first strikeout of the game and 39th in his postseason career, Arrieta …
