The Cleveland Indians struck first in a World Series 176 combined years in the making with a 6-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Tuesday's Game 1 at Progressive Field.
It was a showdown of aces between Corey Kluber and Jon Lester, and Cleveland's No. 1 prevailed. He baffled the Cubs hitters through six-plus scoreless innings of masterful work and allowed just four hits with nine strikeouts.
Lester couldn't match him and grinded through 5.2 innings and allowed three earned runs and six hits with seven strikeouts.
Kluber had two things Lester didn't—Roberto Perez on offense and Andrew Miller in the bullpen.