Cubs @ Indians: Arrieta vs Bauer (Game 174; World Series Game 2)
Cubs 5, Indians 1
W: Arrieta (1-1); L: Bauer (0-1)
Series tied: 1-1PREVIEW
CHC (0-1): RHP Jake Arrieta (0-1, 4.91)
CLE (1-0): RHP Trevor Bauer (0-0, 5.06)
First pitch: 7:08pmCSTJake has pitched two games and 11 innings in the postseason and given up 6 ER. He’s struck out 10 and only walked 1, which is encouraging. During the regular season, he was 11-3 with a 3.59 on the road.
He pitched against the Indians at Wrigley in 2015, giving up 4 ER in 5 innings and taking the loss. Overall, these Indians are 18-66 (.273) against him. Davis is 3-10, Santana is 1-3 with a HR, and Napoli is 2-8 with a HR.
Bauer has had two starts this postseason: a 4.2 inning outing against Boston in the NLDS in which he gave up 3 ER and the “pinkie game” against Toronto, where he left in the first inning after getting blood all over the mound. "When I went to the mound and I saw blood on the rubber, that's not a real good sign that things are going real well," Francona would later say. You can’t argue with that.
At home this season, Bauer went 6-4 with a 4.73. He had a pretty good June, but the rest of the season he was mediocre or worse. For their careers, the Cubs are 5-29 (.172) against him. Russell is 2-3, Bryant is 1-3, and Fowler is 1-5.
Tomorrow is an off day, then on Friday we open the home part of the series with Tomlin versus Hendricks.
Go Cubs!
Go Cubs!
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