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MLB : ATS Matchup
Tuesday 10/25/2016Line$ LineOU LineScore
CHICAGO CUBS  LESTER )
 
CLEVELAND  KLUBER )
+1.5  -200

-1.5  +170
+105

-115

6.5un
 
0
Final
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CHICAGO CUBS (110 - 61) at CLEVELAND (101 - 68)
No Previous GameNo Next Game
Tuesday, 10/25/2016 8:05 PM
JON LESTER (L) vs. COREY KLUBER (R)
World Series - Best of 7 - Game 1
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
951CHICAGO CUBS-110Ov 6.5,-120-115Ov 6.5,+100
952CLEVELAND+100Un 6.5,+100+105Un 6.5,-120
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
CHICAGO CUBS - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games110-61+780-835.00.2540.3320.4150.7473.40.2120.2790.3390.618
Road Games49-36-3.548-335.20.2570.3300.4210.7513.90.2240.2890.3600.649
vs Right-handed Starters79-41+7.560-545.10.2590.3370.4180.7553.50.2160.2820.3490.631
Past 7 Games5-2+3.24-35.30.2320.2900.3990.6893.10.2270.2950.3140.608
Grass Games110-61+780-835.00.2540.3320.4150.7473.40.2120.2790.3390.618
Night Games65-33+13.341-524.90.2490.3260.4100.7363.30.2110.2750.3360.611
Interleague15-5+6.45-134.70.2280.3050.3770.6821.90.1760.2280.2710.499
Playoff games7-3+4.25-44.80.2220.2730.3860.6593.00.2280.2820.3190.602
CHICAGO CUBS - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games5.00.2540.33217258441483289311970.4158136801427671272134110125117
Road Games5.20.2570.330863036779153141060.4214263337503063875595563
Righty Starters5.10.2590.33712141031061211251310.41858048498355889102768390
CHICAGO CUBS - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.511.198507.72171983955521355026-20411671.9%
Road Games3.331.169256.7112951972610327811-1118869.2%

CLEVELAND - Current Season Performance
 Team RecordsTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsO-URunsAvgOBPSLGOPSRunsAvgOBPSLGOPS
All Games101-68+1681-774.80.2590.3240.4190.7434.10.2410.2990.3930.692
Home Games57-28+16.148-345.50.2860.3560.4580.8144.10.2420.2980.4050.702
vs Right-handed Starters68-48+857-514.90.2600.3270.4220.7494.10.2450.3040.4020.706
Past 7 Games6-1+6.60-73.10.1920.2420.3380.5801.60.1950.2550.2620.518
Grass Games95-64+12.679-694.90.2630.3290.4220.7504.10.2420.2990.3940.693
Night Games71-39+19.557-475.00.2690.3320.4330.7644.00.2430.2970.4000.697
Interleague13-7+4.613-65.60.2770.3480.3970.7453.80.2330.2810.4020.683
Playoff games7-1+7.81-73.40.2080.2540.3800.6331.90.2060.2610.3150.576
CLEVELAND - Team Hitting and Fielding Statistics
Team BattingTeam BattingTeam Fielding
 RunsAVGOBPGABH2B3BHRSLGRBIBBSOSBLOBGIDPERRDPOSB
All Games4.80.2590.32416957291485290281900.419759546131512611201589213250
Home Games5.50.2860.35685282380616551040.4584403096107157881477221
Righty Starters4.90.2600.32711639421024197221330.42253939588182781110538537
CLEVELAND - Bullpen Pitching Statistics
 ERAWHIPIPRERHHRBBSOW-LSVBSVPct.
All Games3.361.226540.92212024665519755531-20431179.6%
Home Games2.961.114279.310292225268629422-520580%
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
CHICAGO CUBS - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
10/11/2016LACKEY(R)@ SAN FRANCISCOMOORE(L)6-5W-1207.5 evO6201162
10/15/2016LESTER(L)LA DODGERSMAEDA(R)8-4W-2157.5 unO970960
10/16/2016HENDRICKS(R)LA DODGERSKERSHAW(L)0-1L+1256.5 unU230381
10/18/2016ARRIETA(R)@ LA DODGERSHILL(L)0-6L1106.5 ovU4601050
10/19/2016LACKEY(R)@ LA DODGERSURIAS(L)10-2W1057 ovO1382694
10/20/2016LESTER(L)@ LA DODGERSMAEDA(R)8-4W-1557 ovO13100971
10/22/2016HENDRICKS(R)LA DODGERSKERSHAW(L)5-0W+1156.5 unU721201
10/25/2016ARRIETA(R)@ CLEVELANDKLUBER(R) 
10/26/2016 @ CLEVELAND  
10/28/2016 CLEVELAND  
10/29/2016 CLEVELAND  

CLEVELAND - Schedule
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateTeam StarterOpponentOpp StarterScoreW/LLineTot.O/UHLOBEHLOBE
10/14/2016KLUBER(R)TORONTOESTRADA(R)2-0W-1357.5 unU640780
10/15/2016TOMLIN(R)TORONTOHAPP(L)2-1W+1208.5 unU440341
10/17/2016BAUER(R)@ TORONTOSTROMAN(R)4-2W1558.5 ovU760770
10/18/2016KLUBER(R)@ TORONTOSANCHEZ(R)1-5L1057.5 unU231980
10/19/2016MERRITT(L)@ TORONTOESTRADA(R)3-0W1608.5 unU630641
10/25/2016KLUBER(R)CHICAGO CUBSARRIETA(R) 
10/26/2016 CHICAGO CUBS  
10/28/2016 @ CHICAGO CUBS  
10/29/2016 @ CHICAGO CUBS  
KEY GAME INFORMATION
CHICAGO CUBS: Expectations are soaring after the Cubs broke out in a huge way last season and fueled hope that their first championship since 1908 is within reach. The optimism has only escalated since the final out of Game 4 in the NLCS. That's because the Cubs added to a team that already included the NL Cy Young Award winner (Arrieta), Rookie of the Year (Kris Bryant) and Manager of the Year (Maddon), not to mention a two-time All-Star in Anthony Rizzo and another slugger in Schwarber who made a big impact as a rookie. They signed Jaosn Heyward ($184 million, eight years) and John Lackey ($32 million, two years) away from division-rival St. Louis, along with two-time All-Star Ben Zobrist ($56 million, four years) from Kansas City, and acquired Adam Warren from the Yankees in the Castro deal. They pulled off another big move when they re-signed Dexter Fowler to a $13 million, one-year contract in late February. That allowed them to keep three-time Gold Glove winner Heyward in right field rather than move him to center. For all the moves the Cubs made, they did not have to part with any of their prized prospects. That gives them depth and flexibility to make trades down the line.
CLEVELAND: Brimming with young talent and one of baseball's best rotations, the Indians could be the A.L.'s sleeper. They shook off another poor start in 2015 and Francona had them in the playoff hunt until the final week. The Indians appear poised to take the next step. Corey Kluber may have had the best 16-loss season in history last year. He tied for first in the league in complete games, finished second in innings and third in strikeouts. He was doomed by a lineup that scored just 82 runs in his 32 starts, scoring two or fewer 21 times. Michael Brantley worked hard to get back from offseason shoulder surgery and hopes to stay healthy after dealing with a variety of medical issues in '15. The club made a mistake in not having Francisco Lindor on the 25-man roster from the start last season, but he's implanted on the left side of the infield and is on the verge of stardom. Yan Gomes is one of the league's most overlooked players and could have a huge year. If the Indians hit, and that's a big IF, they will challenge for a wild-card spot.
PREVIEW
Aces face off in World Series opener
 

CLEVELAND -- Who wrecks the hex?

Who can reverse the curse?

The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians will send their postseason aces into Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday with an eye toward winning their first championship in three generations ... or much, much longer.

You know the history by now.

Cleveland has not won a World Series since 1948. The Indians came up short in their three most recent appearances, the last in 1997, when Edgar Renteria's walk-off single in the 11th inning of Game 7 gave the Florida Marlins the title.

The Cubs have not been in the Series since 1945 and have not won it since 1908. Numerologists suggest this might be the year. There are 108 stitches on a baseball. Wrigley Field sits on Chicago's planned development lot 108. The Cubs win the Series in the movie "Back to the Future II," which has a running length of 108 minutes.

And on and on.

Not that the teams are focused on the history.

"After you've actually done it, that's when you really dwell on that particular thought," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "In the meantime, I promise you, our guys are going to be in the present tense. I think we all have a tremendous amount of respect for history and what's happened before us or not happened before us. But, you know, you go in that room right now, they're very young. Really not impacted by a lot of the lore, I don't think."

Cubs left-hander Jon Lester and Cleveland right-hander Corey Kluber have been the two best starting pitchers in the postseason while lifting the Great Lakes neighbors this far. Each will make his fourth start of the postseason, his third in a Game 1.

Lester is 2-0 with three quality starts, an 0.86 ERA and an 0.76 WHIP in 21 innings in the playoffs this year. He threw eight shutout innings in a 1-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the first game of the National League Division Series, gave up one run in six innings of a no-decision in the 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the NL Championship Series and gave up one run in seven innings in an 8-4 victory in Game 5 of the NLCS.

"You know, there will be nerves and there will be adrenaline and all that stuff when I go out there to throw the first pitch and kind of get the ball rolling," Lester said, "but once you get into the game, I feel like then you're able to go back to your game plan."

Kluber's postseason ERA, 0.98, trails only Lester among pitchers who have made more than one playoff start this month. He won both of his previous Game 1 starts, throwing seven shutout innings in a 6-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series and 6 1/3 shutout innings in a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of the AL Championship Series.

In Game 5 of the ALCS, he lost after allowing two runs in five innings.

"Obviously, you're in the World Series, and there's two teams left and all that kind of stuff," Kluber said. "For me at least, it's been all about getting prepared and being ready when it is time to throw that first pitch."

The teams also have more than the usual familiarity.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona led ghost-busting Boston to its first World Series title in 86 years in 2004, then to another crown in 2007, both times for general manager Theo Epstein, now the Cubs' president.

"I know that's a really cool thing for fans to talk about and stuff," Francona said. "It really doesn't enter into what we're doing. I just think if you look too far back, you look too far forward, you miss what's right in front of you."

Epstein interviewed Maddon for the Boston managerial job in 2004 before hiring Francona. Maddon said the other day the Red Sox made the right choice at the time.

"Our players are going to dictate who wins and loses on both sides, as it should be, but Theo had the guts to hire me up there when I didn't have a ton of resume and they were expected to win, and he believed in me," Francona said. "We went eight years of a lot of good baseball."

Lester won 65 games in his four full seasons as a starter under Francona, who was replaced after 2011 and hired by Cleveland in 2013. Lester is 8-6 with a 2.05 ERA in 19 playoff appearances, 17 starts, and he won four games in the Red Sox's run to the 2013 World Series title.

"I watch him pitch right now and when he takes the mound, extremely calm," Maddon said. "He's in the moment. There is something about that internal level of confidence and the ability to -- this is an overused term, but it's true -- slow things down. I think some players have that ability better than others."

The Cubs had 33 hits while winning the final three games of the NLCS against the Dodgers. Anthony Rizzo was 7-for-14 with two homers, Addison Russell 6-for-13 with two homers and Dexter Fowler 6-for-14 with two doubles.

Cleveland's staff, despite injuries to three start pitchers, has given only 15 runs in eight playoff games, sweeping Boston and taking out Toronto in five.


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