Cleveland Sports Forum

The weather was just on between Cubbie interviews and telecaster speak. The wind will be blowing in tomorrow off the lake at approximately 10-12 mph with the chances of rain late around 11 pm. I like the forecast, works in Kluber's favor.

We have to take advantages of the opportunities when they present themselves tomorrow.

Can you believe Francona??? Removing half of his starting lineup AND Miller after one and a third innings of work. Pulling Perez, Santana, Ramirez, and Naquin???? CoCo coming thru with the pinch hit???? Going with Shaw for one and two thirds innings???? Francona continues pulling all the right strings.

Hillbilly wrote:Man, I much preferred the 6-0 win variety. I'll take 'Em any way I can get 'Em but not sure my heart can take many like tonight!

Dude....PEPTOTINI....look it up

CLEVELAND --

More than 20,000 Indians fans gathered at Progressive Field on Friday night for a World Series watch party on the video board in left field. The Indians treated those fans to a 1-0 victory over the Cubs, some 350 miles away in the first Fall Classic game played at Wrigley Field since 1945. Chants of "Let's Go Tribe" and "Cleveland Rocks" echoed throughout a raucous Progressive Field as fans watched the Indians take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Series.

Miller sets postseason scoreless relief mark
Indians lefty's 15-frame streak surpasses Gossage, Rivera

CHICAGO --

The legend of Andrew Miller, Cleveland's reliever extraordinaire, has been well-documented this postseason. Now those findings will be etched in the record books as well. The left-handed Miller made history on an already historic Friday evening at Wrigley Field, setting a record among relievers with 15 scoreless innings in a single postseason. More importantly, his work in Cleveland's 1-0 victory over the Cubs in Game 3 helped the Indians move closer to baseball's Promised Land. They lead this series two games to one.

Miller mutes mighty Cubs again

Tribe manager Terry Francona called on his relief ace, Miller, with two outs and a runner at second in the fifth inning. Miller got pinch-hitter Miguel Montero to line out to right and end the threat. The left-hander than struck out the side in the sixth, upping his strikeout total this postseason to 27, one shy of the all-time reliever strikeout record set by Francisco Rodriguez for the Angels in the 2002 postseason.

Tito willing to take chances to give Tribe edge
Francona's courage to play Santana in outfield shows his belief in Indians

CHICAGO --

The fact that Indians manager Terry Francona started Carlos Santana in left field Friday night did not directly affect the outcome of Game 3. But it clearly established Francona's willingness to take a calculated risk. And it also underscored one of his fundamental strengths as a manager. The night went well for Francona and the Cleveland Indians. A brilliant series of pitching performances, keyed by starter Josh Tomlin's 4 2/3 shutout innings, led the Indians to a 1-0 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field and a 2-1 lead in the 2016 World Series.

Five alive: Tribe notches record playoff shutout
Game 3 blanking of Cubs sets new MLB postseason standard

The Indians' pitching staff has been anything but conventional this postseason. But as they proved yet again in Friday's 1-0 victory over the Cubs in Game 3 of the World Series at Wrigley Field, Cleveland's arms have been dominant nonetheless. With a five-hit shutout in the first Fall Classic game at the Friendly Confines in 71 years, Cleveland became the first team to record five shutout victories in a single postseason.

Shaw's shining moment: Righty takes spotlight
Overshadowed by Miller, Allen, reliever notches five clutch outs in Indians' G3 shutout

CHICAGO --

In the Indians' bullpen, Cody Allen is the closer, Andrew Miller is the high-leverage hero, and then there's Bryan Shaw. He's the equivalent of what they called Three Tenor member Jose Carreras on "Seinfeld" -- "The Other Guy." The Other Guy stepped up large in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night at Wrigley Field. This was a game 71 years in the making, a game that basically turned Wrigleyville into a St. Patrick's Day-like scene from the early-morning hours on and a game in which the Indians were the unwelcomed ones. But they stole a 1-0 win here and took a 2-1 Series lead behind an effective Josh Tomlin, a clutch Coco Crisp, Terry Francona's managerial machinations and, perhaps most important, Shaw's five essential outs after Miller had already been burned.

Francona locks in Bauer to start Game 5
Indians expecting to continue three-man rotation through World Series

CHICAGO --

Indians manager Terry Francona plans on staying the course with his three-man rotation. That means that right-hander Trevor Bauer remains the scheduled starter for Game 5 of the World Series against the Cubs on Sunday night. Prior to Game 3 of the Fall Classic on Friday, which the Indians won, 1-0, to take a 2-1 Series lead, Francona confirmed that Cleveland's rotation will continue to feature Corey Kluber, Josh Tomlin and Bauer for the remainder of the Series. That means that all three pitchers will start on short rest, following Tomlin's outing in Game 3 at Wrigley Field.

TONIGHT'S LINEUPS

INDIANS

Rajai Davis LF
Jason Kipnis 2B
Francisco Lindor SS
Carlos Santana 1B
Jose Ramirez 3B
Lonnie Chisenhall RF
Roberto Perez C
Tyler Naquin CF
Corey Kluber P

CUBS

Dexter Fowler CF
Kris Bryant 3B
Anthony Rizzo 1B
Ben Zobrist LF
Willson Contreras C
Addison Russell SS
Jason Heyward RF
Javier Baez 2B
John Lackey P

[SANTANA IN NAPOLI OUT; DAVIS IN RATHER HAVE CRISP IN]

Didn't look anything up but Tito said Rajai has some positive history vs Lackey

View from the press box a Wrigley:

This pregame is flat out horrible. You would think it was on NBC (Nothing But Cubs)

God I hope we win.

Looks like Kluber could have used another days' rest. Oh well, we've got Bauer tomorrow.