Lindor Slam Gives AL Champ Indians Opening Sweep Of Rangers
The Indians are 3-0 for the first time since 1998, while the Rangers last started 0-3 in 2007.
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The Indians are 3-0 for the first time since 1998, while the Rangers last started 0-3 in 2007.
Joey Gallo hit a mammoth 2-run blast and the Rangers led off the bottom of the 9th with back to back doubles, but it wasn't enough as they fall to Cleveland 4-3 at Globe Life Park.
The Indians scored three runs in the ninth to win it 8-5.
Darvish will be on the mound on opening day for the Rangers for the first time Monday. The two-time defending AL West champions take on the American League champion Cleveland Indians.
The Indians look to return to the Fall Classic and will need some help from their young outfielder to do so.
A person familiar with the decision said Thursday that the Indians will host the 2019 MLB All-Star Game at Progressive Field. The team will hold a news conference on Friday to formally announce the event.
There had been talk the Texas Rangers were interested in Encarnacion.
The Cleveland Indians did not make qualifying offers to free agents Mike Napoli or Rajai Davis, two players who helped get them to the World Series.
The 108 year drought is over. The Chicago Cubs are champions once again.
The Chicago Cubs crashed the party, beating the Indians 8-7 in Game 7 of the World Series to claim their first championship since 1908. The Indians now own the longest title drought in the majors at 68 years.
The Cubs scored 2 in the top of the 10th to take 8-6 lead. They won 8-7.
Unseasonably warm temperatures in the upper 60s or low 70s are forecast for Wednesday night. The chance of rain increases from 19 percent at start to 49 to 55 percent at 11 p.m., according to AccuWeather.
For the second time in three years, we are going to Game 7 in the World Series. The Cubs won in Cleveland on Tuesday by a score of 9-3 and the two franchises will stay there for Wednesday's deciding game.
Addison Russell hit a grand slam and drove in a record-tying six runs, leading the Chicago Cubs over the Cleveland Indians 9-3 Tuesday night and forcing the World Series to a deciding Game 7.
Indians manager Terry Francona could run for mayor and win. Not everyone in Cleveland knows his face, though.
The Cubs survived to play another day after their closer put up a clutch save at Wrigley Field. They beat the Indians by a score of 3-2 on Sunday night to keep their season alive and send the series back to Cleveland.
One way or another, there will be a championship celebration in Cleveland. But whether the Indians or the Cubs will be popping the champagne is still to be determined after Sunday night.
Aroldis Chapman got eight outs in the longest relief appearance of his career and the Chicago Cubs held off Cleveland 3-2 Sunday night, cutting the Indians' lead in the World Series 3-2.
Behind their ace Core Kluber, the Indians won their second straight in Wrigley to get one step closer to their first World Series victory since 1948.
The bullpen shut down the Cubs once again as the Indians take a 2-1 series lead.
Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber was followed by fans with cameras and cell phones. A couple of pitchers from the Indians played hacky sack in the outfield. So, no, nothing like the last World Series at Wrigley Field.
It's the story of a Chicago tavern owner who supposedly put a hex on the Cubs after the team refused to let his pet goat into Wrigley Field during the 1945 World Series, despite the fact that the goat had a ticket.
The Cubs evened the series with a 5-1 victory over the Indians in Game 2.
Jake Arrieta carried a no-hit bid into the sixth inning, Kyle Schwarber drove in two runs and the Cubs brushed off a shutout to even the Series with their first Fall Classic win in more than seven decades, 5-1 over the Cleveland Indians in Game 2
All participating Taco Bell locations will hand out free Doritos Locos Tacos to baseball fans on November 2 because of a stolen base in the first game of the World Series.
