";s:4:"text";s:3778:"Following consecutive shutout losses, the Cubs rapped out 13 hits on an 80-degree (26 degree Celcius) night with the warm Santa Ana winds fluttering the flags in center field. 1997 - Florida Marlins (4) vs. Cleveland Indians (3) Game: Date: Winning Team: Losing Team: 1: Oct. 18: FLORIDA (Hernandez) 7: Cleveland (Hershiser) 4: 2: Oct. 19 Who can forget Roy Halladay's no-hitter over the Reds in 2010? Before the game, manager Dave Roberts said he will not start Clayton Kershaw on short rest after the Los Angeles ace threw a bullpen session Wednesday.
Or Ken Griffey Jr.'s mad dash to home plate to beat the Yankees in 1995? TORONTO -- For the Cleveland Indians, the script was the same every game -- hope for the best from whoever they started, then count on Andrew Miller and the bullpen to close it out. Or Gary Sheffield limping home with the winning run in Game 1 of Florida's 1997 National League Division Series win against San Francisco in 1997? But out of nowhere, the rookie delivered. Marlins defeat Braves ... its last nine games before the postseason. Every Cubs starter got at least one hit except Kris Bryant, who walked twice (see full recap). In 1997, they let a one-run lead get away in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 7 and lost to the Florida Marlins in the 11th.
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Rizzo homered and ended a postseason slump with three RBIs, Russell's two-run drive highlighted a four-run fourth that stopped Chicago's 21-inning scoreless streak as the Cubs routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 on Wednesday to even the NL Championship Series at 2-all. So for that part of it, it is beyond feeling good," Francona said (see full recap). Cleveland, which has never hosted a World Series opener, will play Game 1 at Progressive Field on Tuesday night against the Chicago Cubs or Los Angeles Dodgers. That plan seemed especially dicey in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series, with lightly used Ryan Merritt on the mound. TORONTO -- For the Cleveland Indians, the script was the same every game -- hope for the best from whoever they started, then count on Andrew Miller and the bullpen to close it out. "We always said if we could do it with this group it would be so special because this is as close to a family feel as you can get in a professional setting. Merritt coolly kept the Indians ahead until reinforcements arrived, and Cleveland earned its first trip to the World Series since 1997 by blanking the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 Wednesday. To break out of his prolonged slump, Rizzo used teammate Matt Szczur's bat. "I know Szczur's bat has a lot of hits in it," Rizzo said. Thanks to a most unlikely pitching performance, a most unexpected team won the ALCS 4-1. Rizzo and Russell had three hits each. Chicago ensured the NLCS will return to Wrigley Field for Game 6 Saturday.