World Series Game 7 Tied at 6-6 in the Ninth Inning

11:20 p.m.

Indians outfielder Rajai Davis launched a tying, two-run homer off closer Aroldis Chapman. Cleveland and Chicago are going to the ninth tied 6-6.

Davis heaved Chapman’s slider beyond the wall in the left-field corner with two outs in the eighth inning. The homer capped a three-run inning and pulled the Indians even for the first time since the fourth inning.

Chapman substituted for Jon Lester to protect a 6-3 lead with two outs and a man on first. He allowed an RBI double to Brandon Guyer in his first at-bat followed by a hittable slider that Davis whacked.

 

10:55 p.m.

Six outs left to bury 108 frustrating years.

The Cubs protected a 6-3 lead as Jon Lester strikes out Jason Kipnis with a runner on second base to close the seventh inning.

The veteran left-hander came in to relieve Kyle Hendricks in the fifth inning. After allowing two runs to score on a wild pitch, he’s been doing superbly completing 2 1/3 innings without more damage. This is Lester’s first relief outing since the 2007 AL Championship Series, when he pitched for the Red Sox at Progressive Field

10:25 p.m.

The Cubs are nine outs away from putting an end to 108 years of disappointment.

After six innings of Game 7, Chicago leads the Cleveland Indians 6-3. The Cubs have three home runs throughout six innings after tallying just six through the first six games of the Series.

Catcher David Ross is the oldest player to homer in a Game 7. He is 39-year-old. While Javier Baez, Chicago’s 21-year-old defensive whiz, is the second-youngest player in World Series history to hit a home run in a winner-take-all World Series game.

10:10 p.m.

In what might have been his final major league at-bat, David Ross homered to increase Chicago’s lead to 6-3.

The Cubs catcher will retire after the season. He hit a solo shot off shutdown left-hander Andrew Miller in the sixth inning. The ball just sailed over the wall in center field, lifting Chicago’s lead to 6-3.

Ross was sent in at the bottom of the fifth along with left-hander Jon Lester. His homerun extended Chicago’s lead following Cleveland’s two runs on Lester’s wild pitch.

 

 

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