{"id":9425,"date":"2016-10-26T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/chicago-cubs-beat-the-cleveland-indians-5-1-in-game-2-of-the-world-series\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T14:22:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:22:00","slug":"chicago-cubs-beat-the-cleveland-indians-5-1-in-game-2-of-the-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/chicago-cubs-beat-the-cleveland-indians-5-1-in-game-2-of-the-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs Beat The Cleveland Indians 5-1 In Game 2 Of The World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">Richard Gonzales<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/26\/gettyimages-618476304_wide-e7123c8aa9dc1cbb9a6b766929ddc2df378252fc-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs&#8217; starting pitcher Jake Arrieta dominated the Cleveland Indians for much of Game 2 of the World Series in Cleveland Wednesday. <strong>Jason Miller\/Getty Images<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Jason Miller\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Updated at 11:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 in Game 2 of the World Series. The best-of-seven Series is tied one game apiece as the action moves to Chicago for Game 3 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta disarmed the Indians&#8217; batters, holding them hitless until the sixth inning, when they scored their only run. The Indians stranded two runners in the seventh inning, a runner in the eighth inning and another in the ninth. But they never mounted a real challenge to Cubs relievers Mike Montgomery or Aroldis Chapman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Scoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the first inning, Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer gave up one run on a single by Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, who then came home on a double by Anthony Rizzo.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs scored their second run in the third inning on a base hit by Kyle Schwarber, driving in Rizzo from second base.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/26\/ap_16301009219577_wide-22cf30b868adaaf5a4b4d98840f30764427b8331-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs&#8217; Kyle Schwarber is back from a major injury just in time for a big hitting performance in the World Series against the Cleveland Indians. <strong>David J. Phillip\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>David J. Phillip\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cubs scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning after Cubs reliever Zach McAllister walked Rizzo and then gave up a triple by Ben Zobrist. Reliever Bryan Shaw was brought in to face Schwarber who followed with a single, scoring Zobrist. The Cubs scored their third run of the frame when Shaw walked Addison Russell with the bases full, scoring Schwarber.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians finally got on the board scoring a run in the bottom of the sixth when Cubs starter, 2015 Cy Young award winner Arrieta, threw a wild pitch scoring Jason Kipnis, who had the Indians first hit of the night. Arrieta was replaced by reliever Montgomery.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarber&#8217;s story is one Cubs fans (and TV commentators) love. After hitting 16 homers as a rookie last year, he tore up his knee in early April and hadn&#8217;t played since then until last night. He&#8217;s been in the lineup as the designated hitter. If anyone on the field was &#8220;just-happy-to-be-here,&#8221; it&#8217;s Kyle Schwarber.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chicago Cubs Beat The Cleveland Indians 5-1 In Game 2 Of The World Series\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/26\/gettyimages-618476304_wide-e7123c8aa9dc1cbb9a6b766929ddc2df378252fc-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs&#8217; starting pitcher Jake Arrieta dominated the Cleveland Indians for much of Game 2 of the World Series in Cleveland Wednesday. <strong>Jason Miller\/Getty Images<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Jason Miller\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Updated at 11:30 p.m. ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 in Game 2 of the World Series. The best-of-seven Series is tied one game apiece as the action moves to Chicago for Game 3 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta disarmed the Indians&#8217; batters, holding them hitless until the sixth inning, when they scored their only run. The Indians stranded two runners in the seventh inning, a runner in the eighth inning and another in the ninth. But they never mounted a real challenge to Cubs relievers Mike Montgomery or Aroldis Chapman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Scoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the first inning, Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer gave up one run on a single by Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, who then came home on a double by Anthony Rizzo.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs scored their second run in the third inning on a base hit by Kyle Schwarber, driving in Rizzo from second base.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/26\/ap_16301009219577_wide-22cf30b868adaaf5a4b4d98840f30764427b8331-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs&#8217; Kyle Schwarber is back from a major injury just in time for a big hitting performance in the World Series against the Cleveland Indians. <strong>David J. Phillip\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>David J. Phillip\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cubs scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning after Cubs reliever Zach McAllister walked Rizzo and then gave up a triple by Ben Zobrist. Reliever Bryan Shaw was brought in to face Schwarber who followed with a single, scoring Zobrist. The Cubs scored their third run of the frame when Shaw walked Addison Russell with the bases full, scoring Schwarber.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians finally got on the board scoring a run in the bottom of the sixth when Cubs starter, 2015 Cy Young award winner Arrieta, threw a wild pitch scoring Jason Kipnis, who had the Indians first hit of the night. Arrieta was replaced by reliever Montgomery.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarber&#8217;s story is one Cubs fans (and TV commentators) love. After hitting 16 homers as a rookie last year, he tore up his knee in early April and hadn&#8217;t played since then until last night. He&#8217;s been in the lineup as the designated hitter. If anyone on the field was &#8220;just-happy-to-be-here,&#8221; it&#8217;s Kyle Schwarber.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-recreation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}