to start trouble for cleveland. >> john: cleveland has got to get locked in. try anyway, anyhow to get on base. >> joe: 2-0. >> john: lester is trying to steal outs for joe maddon, with chapman hopefully doesn't have to get six outs. >> joe: last night, chapman came on in the seventh. a 7-2 game. here's that you are sincere. rd russell. one away. with the bases empty, napoli will step in. there's the starter. hendricks probably more nervous now than he was at 8:10 eastern party went 4 2/3. two runs, one earned. speetwo lindor squared that up

>> joe: napoli hitless tonight. strike one. the velocity has been maintained by lester. >> john: he's done a great job mixing it up. he started out with two steamers and curveballs. now he's been able to throw the four-seamer more consistent. >> joe: in 2014, madison win game 5 over kansas city. two days off, then 68 pitches for a five inning save in a one-run game 7. lester. so impressive. 90 pitches to win game five. two days off, and he's thrown 50

the 1-2. 2-2. >> john: at this point, it's all a dry land. you would never throw this much on your side day. he knows what's at stake. trying to grind each pitch out. mentally get locked in and it takes longer to accomplish but as long as you keep getting out, it's >> joe: two outs. four strikeout for jon lester. we haven't seen that pitch a

theo and his son. here is jose ramirez. the epstein is the president, head of baseball operations for the cubs. took over in the fall of 2011 and he told cubs fans i have a plan but you are going to have to be patient. how often is it that a plan actually works? this is a team that's going to be good for a long time to come. >> john: it did take him a while. they had to lose a lot of games to get that plan but you are right. this team, built to win a few more years than just right now. >> joe: two out, nobody on. 1-want to jose ramirez. ground ball. russell can't make the play and the inning continues. a two-out hit for jose ramirez

>> john: joe is probably going to bring in chapman and give him some freedom to work before the tying run get to the plate. >> joe: russell got there and overshot it. jon lester tonight goes 3 1/3. struck out four, watch one. and got big outs here in game seven. chapman. cubs up 3 in the eighth. (google assistant) i found a few places. (announcer vo) the only network than can power the first phone with the new google assistant, unlimited photo storage, and a stunning vr experience. how is this possible? (announcer vo) so buy a pixel, only on verizon, and get up to $400 back. and right now get 20 gigs and four lines for just 160 with no surprise overages.

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three innings even. one run, three hits. responsible for the man on. one walk, for strikeouts. now the game is in the hands of aroldis chapman. the last two games, he's been asked for a lot of work. 35 of 62 pitches have been triple digits. two outs. ball one outside to guyer. the season. this guy gives terry francona and good at-bat. brandon guyer. one ball, one strike. >> john: he's done damage against left-handers. stays in their and he would love nothing more than to get the next guy on deck a chance. signed away on base. get the tying run up.

joe maddon went to chapman last night up 7-2. ran him back out there for the start of the night up 9-2. it was questioned during and after the game but joe maddon thought aroldis chapman would be fine. he will have to get more than three outs tonight. 102. 2-2. >> john: earlier in his career, chapman would get wild. that would be the only reason he would give people a chance but he's really learned how to command that 101, 102.

plate have no chance to hit chapman. you've got to be disciplined, short, use his power to your advantage. the one that is not guyer. he is short to the ball. he's fouled a couple off to the right side. the runner at first, ramirez. two outs, bottom of the eighth. ball three. >> john: that's the pitch you've got to stay off of. that's the one over the middle of the plate that looks so inviting to a hitter. he was able to hold up. >> joe: if guyer can reach, the tying run would bat, rajai davis. runner will go. a drive into right center field,

around third, ramirez. he will score. an rbi double by brandon guyer. it's 6-4. >> john: short, quick. let the power be your friend. this dude can play against left-handed pitin that's a huge two outs that me up rbi. as we have said, the tying run comes to the plate. >> joe: if nothing else, it puts the indians in a spot where, if it stays like this, at the worst, it takes one base runner to have a chance in the ninth. davis. ball one. 100 miles an hour.

3 for 20 in the series. out of play, right side. aroldis chapman started the year with the yankees, was involved in a domestic violence situation. charges dropped. major league baseball suspended him for 30 games. he came back, pitched well for

the cubs on july 25th. they hand him the ball here in the eighth inning of game 7. 2-2. >> john: davis missed his pitch earlier, trying his best to be as quick as it can -- as he can. >> joe: just got a piece. >> john: he wants the inner half of the ball so he has a better chance of getting the barrel to it. a way, not a whole lot he can do with it. up, same result. sometimes you've got to get lucky against a guy like chapman. you have to guess in an area, hope he throws it there.

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i said down and in was his only chance. watch with his pitch is. down and in. >> john: he got it. he fouled off the pitches he had to fall of the one area that gave davis a chance to hit a home run is where chapman threw it. oh, my. >> joe: now crisp. ball one. first home run allowed by aroldis chapman since june 18th while with the yankees.

210 batters in between. it comes with two outs in the bottom of the eighth of game 7 to tie it. base hit by crisp. go ahead run is on. >> john: i said earlier the cubs saw miller multiple times. he wasn't as sharp. what normally could be a role in three straight games. he's thrown two straight pitches down and in. the hitters, don't forget about guyer and the ability to fight off those pitches and get that huge hit to set up for davis. same thing. >> joe: don't forget about all the work last night in a 7-2 game when the cubs couldn't add on. he had to come on.

one down and in. sent out by rajai davis. and then followed down and in, sent to left by coco crisp. >> john: went chapman's effective, he's effective over the middle of the zone and up. there's not a lot of hitters they can do anything against it. he's been pushed and is thrown a ton of pitches. he sacrificed a little bit to try to generate more natural -- his natural velocity is better thanor >> joe: lebron celebrating with over 40,000 in the ballpark and thousands outside the

ball one now to yan gomes. yan gomes has three plate appearances this postseason, all against chapman. grounded out, struck out, bounced into a double play. check on crisp, the go-ahead run at first with two out. 2-0. he just looks worn out. and he is. >> john: there's no other other way around it. >> joe: a two-out infield hit

couldn't make the play, diving to his left. the pitching change, double, homer, single. now a 2-0 pitch to gomes. fooled by the slider from chapman. 2-1. >> john: now the bullpen that has been hard to trust for joe maddon is going to be put in duty to have to trust. >> joe: that lack of trust has led to all the work, especially last gomes could be a hero. 2-2. back to backsliders. travis wood, the left-hander,

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>> joe: we have just witnessed the first ever game-tying home run in the eighth inning or later of a world series game 7. and it belongs to rajai davis. his first since the 30th of august. the moment of his life. it's ninth inning. how much can the indians get out of cody allen? that misses for ball one. to david ross, whohomered in his only at-bat in the sixth. >> john: cody allen has been unbelievable. pressed into extra duty now. extra adrenaline to boot. >> joe: 2-0. >> john: i've seen crazy games

st. louis. two times, one strike away from winning the world series in gam. this is game 7. >> joe: battling off pitcg a homer. now the weather they were worried was coming in is here. it's starting to rain. ross. cody allen. that is high for ball three. there is action for the indians in their bullpen as the rain

this is the first game 7 tied after eight since the classic you are a part of, 1991. braves and twins. that game at the metrodome. this game at progressive field. allen needs to throw a strike. 3-1. he can't. a leadoff walk here in the ninth inning. three catchers. if they want to pinch run for ross, they can and they will with coghlan. >> john: well, ross will realize, getting back to the dugout, he got a chance to play a game 7. for the final time, he gets a chance to play.

>> joe: now coghlan running at first. heyward at the plate. remember, cody allen took over in the seventh, got a strike him out, throw him out double play. quick eight. hedges tackle his pitch count is up to 23. >> john: it's difficult to keep going beyond what you normally do in season. your mind is willing, your body sometimes lets you know that it's fatigued. what happens is, you sacrifice location because you are trying to generate the stuff you feel you are losing by the length of the game you're pitching. >> joe: heyward 0 for 3 tonight. 3 for 18 in this world series.

no sign of it. ball two. >> john: the indians have shot -- shaw. looks like he's getting ready in the rain. >> joe: cures the 2-0. jason heyward. takes heyward hit .230 during the regular season, first year of an eight year deal. he's got one rbi this postseason. he is gone 21 straight games without a hit on the road. >> john: he's got to let it go right here on a fastball. he's got the thing fastball,

the one he it foul. >> john: has to get in a different mode. more than likely, and elevated fastball or the power curveball is coming. that's the pitch he had to hit. that was his best chance. >> joe: are you surprised with heyward and his struggles, the go-ahead run on it first, a guy who can run in coghlan, no bunt. >> john: heyward showed one bunt, didn't look very good with it. baez on deck, joe maddon likes this matchup a little better. >> joe: the 2-2. runner goes. grounder to first is foul. coghlan got a good jump.

1984, blue a three-run lead in the nlcs game 5. against san diego. indians trail tonight 5-1 in the fifth. they come back to tie it 6-6. 2-2. that is fouled on the line. heyward is starting to time up cody allen. >> john: yes, he is. cody allen a little slow to the plate. you saw coghlan go but this fastball right here. i would think almost indefinitely with a breaking ball.

height. >> joe: 2-2 the count. check on coghlan. this is the third time in a world series game 7 that a team has come back from four runs or more to tie or take the lead. ' 25 pirates won it over washington. the '60 yankees trailed to pittsburgh in pittsburgh. lost on home run. 10-98 indians tonight trail 5-1 in the fifth grade -- in the fi. >> john: cody allen is trying to get it lower.

height-wise. coghlan taken off one time during this at-bat by heyward. strong. hit seven home runs during the regular season, drove in 49. only one since the postseason began. for a while, benched.