CLEVELAND — The Chicago Cubs face the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. One team will end a very long championship drought. The other will remain lovable losers. Stay here for inning-by-inning updates and analysis from Cleveland.
After going an entire half-inning without recording a strikeout, Corey Kluber got back to business with a called strike three on Chris Coghlan to start the fifth. Addison Russell flied out to center and David Ross lined out to first. Kluber has gotten more efficient and has now thrown just 73 pitches through five innings, meaning the Indians may not need to go to Andrew Miller until the 7th or 8th inning.