CHICAGO: Awaiting field access for postgame interviews Sunday night, one member of the Chicago area media said to a colleague, “That was the most intense game I’ve ever seen.”
Perhaps he feared an Indians’ rally against closer Aroldis Chapman would blow up his finished work on deadline. But after the Cubs scored three runs in the fourth inning and held on for a 3-2 victory in Game 5, there was a sense that the real World Series is about to begin.
The Indians left Wrigley Field with a 3-2 lead and the odds of winning their first championship since 1948 are still in their favor.