It may have been overmatched in Game 6, but Jason Kipnis had three hits and finished a triple short of the cycle. Those five runs in Game 6 came against three-time National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw, so any thoughts that Chicago can't hit dominant pitching in the pressure-packed playoffs would be false.Īs for Cleveland, it finished fifth in the major leagues in total runs this season and already has two games in this World Series with at least six runs. Last time the Cubs broke out like that, they scored 10 runs in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series and parlayed that into eight runs in Game 5 and five runs in Game 6. Russell's was a grand slam to give Chicago a 7-0 lead in the third inning, which essentially ended most of the Game 6 drama. Mike Axisa of CBS Sports suggested as much: In the do-or-die Game 7 scenario, Lester will likely be available to pick up any slack for Hendricks or take the contest from the middle innings to the ninth, where Chapman will be waiting. The National League Cy Young Award candidate pitched six innings and allowed two runs in a Game 5 victory and finished the season with a 2.44 ERA and 1.02 WHIP. However, Cubs manager Joe Maddon has something of a trump card that Cleveland doesn't-Lester. That is an enormous advantage for Cleveland, especially if Kluber is able to shorten the game with another stellar outing. On the other side, Aroldis Chapman threw 20 pitches total in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings for the Cubs a mere two days after throwing 42 pitches in Game 5. While Cleveland clearly would have preferred its two best bullpen pitchers to lock down a win, they will each be fresh and ready to go in Game 7. Andrew Miller and Cody Allen watched Chicago's straightforward victory from the bullpen and never entered the game.
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