. >> we began with sports director andy baskin. >> reporter: i have to tell you the best word that i heard you just said it. it was epic inside quicken loans arena tonight. it almost felt like game seven had spilled over a few months later. let me take you into what we saw tonight. it was absolute edlin. you could feel the excitement and energy when they were introducing the players you felt like the roof his ring and when they race to the banner the crowd went wild in the city felt like a champion. >> [ cheering and applause ] this night in of us will ever forget. none of us. anybody in this building or in this community or anybody on this stage. anybody that has any ties to cleveland. if you are not from here, live here, play here, dedicate world. >> reporter: it was the night that no cleveland sports fan will ever forget the night they saw the banner go up on 52 years of sports misery here and downtown cleveland. epic is the perfect word. back to you. >> fans who did not score tickets to it again flooded downtown cleveland tonight. megan hickey has been with the fans all what is t

. >> andy baskin is outside the >> reporter: it was just one of those cold slow nights. they started the game in our earlier but the indians could never get things going. they were no-hit by jake arrieta. jake arrieta was outstanding in the beginning of the game. trevor bauer was able to pitch early on but did not seem to have any problems with his finger but he was slow tonight he just never seem to get into rhythm. arrieta is really the story of the game tonight as series goes to chicago on friday night. if you are looking for a silver lining the tribe has not lost four games in a row all season long. hopefully they come back here for game six and maybe even game seven. if anybody expected this to be a quick series they did not know both teams. it's a 50-50 shot if you look at the percentages for either one of these teams moving forward. the indians lose by 5-1. we will have more coming up in >>> meanwhile a small town literally stuck in the middle of this battle for the world series title this year and goalie indiana since long iad and i 90 halfway between cleveland a

andy baskin will be in the thick of it all. >>reporter: i've been saying it for months and television and on the radio. we are the center of the sports universe. back in 1954 with browns, indians and barons played in the championship games, i wonder if they took it for granted. about 24 thours from now we should know who the winner of the first game of the world series will be. it's not a game on paper. it's about emotion. both managers want their teams to soak in the memories of a lifetime. >> when you get the first hit, room, but once you get the hit, you're not thinking about it. >> these players have earned the right to try to see if we can beat the cubs. >>reporter: good news for the indians. salszar will be on the active roster for the world series. i'll see you back here in sports. >>> and to say it's been a big year for clooif c bit of a understatement. all of that excitement has prepared us for a big night. 70 thousand people will be at progressive field. add to that all of the people coming downtown to be a part of a

andy baskin, you're looking very serious. >> i'm always serious. if they have to play game six, it's good weather. >> big day today for the browns. 86 reno -- reunion. the crowd was amazing. kosar was the out. it was all great memories for 1986 except for the end. >> have a good night. >>> hi everybody. welcome to the ford sports sunday. big, big weekend in cleveland spofrmentsz we start off with the -- indians them. we'll break this thing down. post game for you. . >> we're going to talk a little browns football. just the thoughts in general you have. they let a big lead slip away. what did you think of the game? >> i think they show what had they are capable of doing but they showed of what they are

. >>> sports director andy baskin here. we need a w. >> you okay? i was worried about a lot of people on the radio. it's okay. >> we can do it. >> all good? everybody's good. the world series has shifted to one indian might be moving to left. we will explain it all when we >>> i'm just going to embrace the moment. it's going to be awesome. you know, it is a world series at wrigley field. it is going to be electric. >>> well, the series has schwarber is the toast of the town after his impact on last night's game two for his chicago cubs. he did say, though, he will only be able to pinch-hit and will not be able to play in the field. fox television will be devastated. they will have to find another story line. >>> while schwarber could dh in cleveland, carlos santana can't. you can't have a dh in a national league park. so moments ago terry francona talked about the idea >> if we do decide to do it, you know, if he misses a ball out there, you can blame me. actually, you can blame me and blame mr. is seelig, too. >>> josh fully participated in practic

sports director andy baskin about this. it is important tonight to keep that momentum going. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. wait a second, game face first. ready? all right, now, no more game face after. that listen to keep the momentum going trevor bauer has to go out and do what he knows how to do be. everybody is concerned about his hand and the cut that he had and the blood that we zahn toronto. but by the other hand, if they've got to pull him out the and will never have to bay another wedding gift for the rest of his life because he can regift everything he got off his registry. let's talk about the numbers when it comes to the series. the indians are leading 1-0. what does that many? 63% of the teams that win game one go on to win. should they go on to win -- the entire series, i should say. the teams that go up 2-0 win 80% of the time and then bring it down if it goes 5%. still, they're ready to play. >> i think people lose sight of the fact that you've got win four. you're not trying to prolong a series. so you try t

andy baskin is looking into that in this morning's sports reports. >> while at the cavs beat the dodgers tonight the indians will play the cards on tuesday night. the waiting is the hardest part at least that's the way the fans feel about the start of the world series. this guy danny salazar has a forearm injury but it looks like he will back on the roster for the world series. don't rule him out as a starter. >> i think the good news is that he pitches healthy and he throws the ball over the plate. we have a really good pitcher for however amount of innings he's built up for which can potentially help us. >> side lines begins now. >> and welcome in this morning to week nine of the mod that's mcdonald's 5 on your side lines. she is laurel run burrell and ready to take us to a big battle and a team looking for a big win over their rivals. >> the battle between two unbeaten teams. up 7-0 early on and they keep i got a little scared here. i was safe. it's okay. he takes the handoff and makes his way and they are up 14-0. a little bit later a blitz. they get the ball back to make anything of

sport's director andy baskin is live inside the q as the cavs get set to hand out some bling tonighters right, andy? >> it will be a big night. the guys will get their rings, they will hang their banner. there is an open spot in the ceiling where they are getting set to hang the championship banner for the cavs. energy. the question is can the cavs repeat? we have more. is this team better today than they were when they walked off the floor against the warriors? >> i think you can make the argument because of continuity of the whole group. yes, they are missing him, but having everyone together and the stability of the organization. the organization has not had a lot of stability for a few years. bringing everywhere back will make them better. >> they are contract friendly, even lebron signing up for two more years, if not three. >> yes. he is upbeat in terms of on court shooting. he will spread the perimeter. he is good at that. >> reporter: the shortest off season in cavs shift history. did you have any fun? >> no. two weeks of off season. that was it! [ laughing ] >> reporter: back t

and so is sports director andy baskin who joins us now live from inside progressive field. andy, just how confident are the indians tonight that that finger is not going to open up again? >> let's talk about it a little bit. when it was drone one in toronto, we had blood flowing. it is all on the back side, and right here would be the only part they were worrying about. mom, i'm sorry i'm writing on my happened. it's not that cancerous. but that's a real soft spot on trevor bauer's hand. i'm told it's just soft skin right now which is all good news. let's talk about trevor bauer on the hill tonight when he pitches. one of the other things you should watch for other than maybe blood on his hand is when he throws that first pitch because when us hits it's normally on a 0-0 count. that's when 40% of the hits come back to go into the field against trevor bauer. >> going into toronto the doctors told me they were confident it would be okay. i was confident it would be fine. it hadn't bled the two days before that at all. so i feel confident every time i go take the mound. i would

we come your way with andy baskin. that is spor >>> thank you very much. coming up the fight against terror in northeast ohio. we will show you what several communities are doing to reach out to those struggling with addiction.>>> cleveland cavaliers are showing support for breast cancer survivors. more on what the team is doing for breast cancer awareness >>> it is now 7:29 am. we start this half hour with a look outside over downtown cleveland. clouds in the skies. blue skies right after that. sun is out but it is chillier than we have seen the last few days for sure. welcome back to the sunday edition of good morning cleveland. we have developing stories happening. 1st to check on the weather with janessa way. >>> good morning. just chilly outside. not cold yet but chillier conditions across northern ohio. we are waking up to folks that were in the upper 30s to lower 40s and you see the clouds are in place here for cuyahoga county. lake and ashtabula and northern geauga. la but they will continue to shift to the east this afternoon. now downtown clevela