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Starting Lineup:
Chicago Cubs 1. Dexter Fowler CF 2. Kyle Schwarber DH 3. Kris Bryant 3B 4. Anthony Rizzo 1B 5. Ben Zobrist LF 6. Addison Russell SS 7. Wilson Contreras C 8. Jason Heyward RF 9. Javier Baez 2B SP: Jake Arrieta (RHP) (18-8, 3.10 ERA, 190K) Cleveland Indians: 1. Carlos Santana DH 2. Jason Kipnis 2B 3. Francisco Lindor SS 4. Mike Napoli 1B 5. Jose Ramirez 3B 6. Lonnie Chisenhall RF 7. Coco Crisp LF 8. Tyler Naquin CF 9. Roberto Perez C SP: Josh Tomlin (RHP) (13-9, 4.40 ERA, 118K) Hello and welcome to this edition of 'Live Blogging on Shish on Baseball'. Tonight it is Game 6 of the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. The Cubs are trying to win and force a game 7 in this series. While the Indians are one win away from ending their 68-year championship drought. Tonight's pitching matchup is between right-hander Jake Arrieta for the Cubs and Josh Tomlin for the Indians. It is the Cubs and Indians coming up shortly. Top of 1st Inning: Due Up: 1. Fowler 2. Schwarber 3. Bryant Game Time Temperature at Progressive Field is 71 degrees. First Pitch is at 7:10 p.m. Fowler lines out to Ramirez. 1 Out Schwarber grounds out to Kipnis. 2 Outs HOME RUN: Bryant hits a solo shot off Josh Tomlin. CHC 1 CLE 0 Rizzo singles to center field. Zobrist singles to right field. Advancing to third is Rizzo. Russell reaches on third base as the Indians outfield misplayed on a fly ball in right field. Rizzo and Zobrist scores on the play. It is ruled a double and an error on Kipnis' throw to home. CHC 3 CLE 0 Mike Clevinger is warming up in Indians Bullpen. Contreras flies out to Naquin. Cubs leave Russell on third base. Middle of 1st Inning: CHC 3 CLE 0 Bottom of 1st Inning: Due Up: 1. Santana 2. Kipnis 3. Lindor Santana strikes out swinging. 1 Out Kipnis grounds out to Baez 2 Outs Lindor draws a 2-out walk. Napoli strikes out swinging. 3 Outs Indians leave Lindor on first base. End of 1st Inning: CHC 3 CLE 0 Top of 2nd Inning: Due Up: 8. Heyward 9. Baez 1. Fowler Heyward flies out to Chisenhall. 1 Out Baez grounds out to Kipnis. 2 Outs Fowler flies out to Chisenhall. 3 Outs Cubs go down 1-2-3, in their half of the 2nd Inning. Middle of 2nd Inning: CHC 3 CLE 0 Bottom of 2nd Inning: Due Up: 5. Ramirez 6. Chisenhall 7. Crisp Ramirez strikes out swinging. 1 Out Chisenhall strikes out swinging. 2 Outs Crisp grounds out to Bryant 3 Outs Indians go down 1-2-3, in their half of 2nd Inning. End of 2nd Inning: CHC 3 CLE 0 Top of 3rd Inning: Due Up: 2. Schwarber 3. Bryant 4. Rizzo Schwarber draws a lead-off walk. Bryant flies out to Chisenhall. 1 Out Dan Otero is warming up in the Indians Bullpen. Rizzo singles to center field. Schwarber advances to second base. Zobrist singles to right field. Schwarber advances to third base and Rizzo advances to second base. PITCHING CHANGE: Dan Otero (RHP) replaces Josh Tomlin as Indians pitcher. Cubs have the bases loaded. GRAND SLAM: Addison Russell hits a grand slam to left center field. CHC 7 CLE 0 Contreras grounds out to Lindor. 2 Outs Heyward pops out to Lindor. 3 Outs Middle of 3rd Inning: CHC 7 CLE 0 Bottom of 3rd Inning: Due Up: 8. Naquin 9. Perez 1. Santana Naquin called out on strikes. 1 Out Perez flies out to Fowler. 2 Outs Santana grounds out to Anthony Rizzo. 3 Outs Indians go down 1-2-3, in their half of 3rd Inning. End of 3rd Inning: CHC 7 CLE 0 Top of 4th Inning: Due Up: 9. Baez 1. Fowler 2. Schwarber PITCHING CHANGE: Danny Salazar replaces Dan Otero as Indians pitcher. Baez strikes out swinging. 1 Out Fowler strikes out swinging. 2 Outs Schwarber flies out to Crisp. 3 Outs Middle of 4th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 0 Bottom of 4th Inning: Due Up: 2. Kipnis 3. Lindor 4. Napoli Kipnis leads off the inning with a double. Lindor strikes out swinging. 1 Out Napoli RBI-Single driving in Kipnis. CHC 7 CLE 1 Ramirez flies out to Heyward. 2 Outs Chisenhall gets hit-by-pitch. Runners on 1st and 2nd base. Arrieta throws a wild pitch. Napoli and Chisenhall advances 90 feet closer to home plate. Crisp draws a 2-out walk. Bases Loaded with 2 outs. Naquin strikes out swinging. 3 Outs Indians leave the bases loaded. End of 4th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 1 Top of 5th Inning: Due Up: 3. Bryant 4. Rizzo 5. Zobrist Bryant singles to Lindor. Ball gets away from Perez. Bryant advances to second base. Rizzo fouls out to Ramirez. 1 Out Zobrist strikes out swinging. 2 Outs Russell called out on strikes. 3 Outs Cubs leave Bryant on second base. Middle of 5th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 1 Bottom of 5th Inning: Due Up: 9. Perez 1. Santana 2. Kipnis Perez called out on strikes. 1 Out Arrieta currently has 72 pitches. Santana flies out to Rizzo. 2 Outs Jeff Manship warming up in the Indians Bullpen. HOME RUN: Jason Kipnis hits a solo shot off of Jake Arrieta. CLE 7 CHC 2 Lindor grounds out to Rizzo. 3 Outs End of 5th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 2 Top of 6th Inning: Due Up: 7. Contreras 8. Heyward 9. Baez PITCHING CHANGE: Jeff Manship (RHP) replaces Danny Salazar as Indians pitcher. Contreras strikes out swinging. 1 Out Heyward flies out to Chisenhall. 2 Outs Baez singles to shortstop. PITCHING CHANGE: Zach McAllister (RHP) replaces Jeff Manship. Fowler flies out to Naquin. 3 Outs Cubs leave Baez on first base. Middle of 6th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 2 Bottom of 6th Inning: Due Up: 4. Napoli 5. Ramirez 6. Chisenhall Napoli strikes out swinging. 1 Out Mike Montgomery is warming up in Cubs Bullpen. Ramirez strikes out swinging. 2 Outs Arrieta currently has 95 pitches. Chisenhall draws a 2-out walk. PITCHING CHANGE: Mike Montgomery (LHP) replacing Jake Arrieta as Cubs pitcher. PITCH-HITTING: Brandon Guyer pinch-hitting for Coco Crisp. Guyer hits into fielder's choice. Russell throws out Chisenhall to second. 3 Outs End of 6th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 2 Top of 7th Inning: Due Up: 2. Schwarber 3. Bryant 4. Rizzo SUBSTITUTION: Brandon Guyer will play left field. Schwarber singles to left field. Bryant singles to left field. Runners on 1st and 2nd, with no out. Rizzo flies out to Chisenhall. 1 Out Zobrist flies out to Guyer. 2 Outs Russell hits into fielder's choice. Ramirez with an unassisted out to third base. 3 Outs Cubs leave 2 runners on base. Middle of 7th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 2 Bottom of 7th Inning: Due Up: 8. Naquin 9. Perez 1. Santana PITCH-HITTING: Rajai Davis pinch-hitting for Tyler Naquin. Davis lines out to Fowler. 1 Out Perez draws a walk. Justin Grimm and Aroldis Chapman warming up in Cubs Bullpen. Santana flies out to Fowler. 2 Outs Kipnis singles to right field. Runners on 1st and 2nd base. PITCHING CHANGE: Aroldis Chapman (LHP) replaces Mike Montgomery as Cubs pitcher. Lindor beats Chapman to first base. Lindor singles to first base. Cubs Challenge the call on first base. Lindor is out on first base. 3 Outs End of 7th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 2 Top of 8th Inning: Due Up: 7. Contreras 8. Heyward 9. Baez PITCHING CHANGE: Mike Clevinger (RHP) replaces Zach McAllister as Indians pitcher. Contreras draws lead-off walk. Heyward hits into 5-4-3 double play. 2 Outs Baez called out on strikes. 3 Outs Cubs go down in order. Middle of 8th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 2 Bottom of 8th Inning: Due Up: 4. Napoli 5. Ramirez 6. Chisenhall Napoli strikes out swinging. 1 Out Ramirez singles to center field. PINCH-HITTING: Yan Gomes pinch-hitting for Lonnie Chisenhall. Gomes hits into a 6-4-3 double play. 3 Outs End of 8th Inning: CHC 7 CLE 2 Top of 9th Inning: Due Up: 1. Fowler 2. Schwarber 3. Bryant SUBSTITUTION: Michael Martinez playing right field. Fowler grounds out to Kipnis. 1 Out Schwarber flies out to Davis. 2 Outs Bryant singles to left field. HOME RUN: Rizzo hits a 2-run homer off of Mike Clevinger. CHC 9 CLE 2 Zobrist draws a 2-out walk. Russell hits into 6-4 fielder's choice. 3 Outs Middle of 9th Inning: CHC 9 CLE 2 Bottom of 9th Inning: Due Up: 7. Guyer 8. Davis 9. Perez Pedro Strop and Travis Wood warming up in Cubs Bullpen. Brandon Guyer draws a lead-off walk. PITCHING CHANGE: Pedro Strop (RHP) replaces Aroldis Chapman as Cubs pitcher. Davis flies out to Zobrist. 1 Out Strop throws a wild pitch, advancing Guyer to second base. Perez hits a RBI-Single driving in Guyer. Perez gets thrown out by Heyward going to second base. 2 Outs, CHC 9 CLE 3 Santana draws a 2-out walk. PITCHING CHANGE: Travis Wood (LHP) replaces Pedro Strop as Cubs pitcher. Kipnis fouls out to Russell. 3 Outs Final: CHC 9 CLE 3 W: Arrieta L: Tomlin Final Thoughts: Tomorrow is Game 7. Hendricks vs. Kipnis. Someone is going to end their championship drought, the other will have to wait another year.
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