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Arrieta’s turn to help keep Cubs’ Series dream alive
- Updated: October 31, 2016
CHICAGO — The Cubs held off elimination with a 3-2 win over the Indians in Game 5 on Sunday night at Wrigley Field to push the World Series back to Cleveland for Tuesday night’s Game 6, in which Jake Arrieta, the 2015 National League Cy Young Award winner, will hope to extend the Cubs’ season.
Cleveland owns a 3-2 Series lead and will send Josh Tomlin to the mound on short rest to try and wrap up the Fall Classic. Arrieta will try to build off his impressive performance in Game 2, in which he carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning in Chicago’s 5-1 victory.
• Game 6: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. ET air time | 8 p.m. game time on FOX
Chicago is trying to become the first team since 1985 to overcome a 3-1 series deficit to win the World Series. The Cubs have taken solace in the fact that they had their three best starting pitchers in those games, Jon Lester in Game 5, Arrieta in Game 6 and Kyle Hendricks ready to go if they force Game …
