Cubs’ Bryzzo combination sets early tone

CLEVELAND — The Cubs needed Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo to step up Wednesday night in Game 2 of the World Series at Progressive Field against Indians starter Trevor Bauer, and they did just that.

Fresh off a combined 0-for-7 in Game 1 against Corey Kluber and the Tribe’s bullpen in what is shaping up to be an epic best-of-seven Series, Bryzzo struck in the top of the first, setting the stage for a 5-1 Cubs victory that sent the series back to Wrigley Field on Friday night tied at a game apiece.

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With one out, Bryant lined a single to center and scored on Rizzo’s double to right.

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Ben Zobrist followed their lead and had a run-scoring triple in the fifth as the Cubs mounted a 5-0 lead that was never was challenged. Zobrist was 2-for-3 and is 5-for-7 in the first two games.

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“I’m seeing the ball pretty good,” Zobrist said. “I’ve been able to hit some line drives. Sometimes they fall in and sometimes they don’t and they’ve been falling the first two games.”

Rizzo also walked twice …

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