{"id":8809,"date":"2016-10-26T22:25:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/10\/26\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T22:25:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T22:25:47","slug":"chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs Hope To Even The World Series In Game 2 Against Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">Richard Gonzales<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/26\/ap_16300762562271-b03c977d56ff26265abf8801052ff0a91ce09767-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A worker wipes down the rain covered seats at Progressive Field in Cleveland before Game 2 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs. <strong>Matt Slocum\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Matt Slocum\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Game 2 of the World Series begins at 7 p.m. ET in Cleveland. Rain is forecast so the game will start an hour earlier than originally scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians, who lead the best-of-seven series 1-0, will send Trevor Bauer to the mound. The Cubs&#8217; hopes of getting a split before the series heads to Chicago rests with 2015 Cy Young award winner Jake Arrieta.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs are already in a tough spot. As <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/page\/playoffs16_cubsintrouble\/why-chicago-cubs-more-trouble-think\">ESPN reports<\/a>, Game 1 losers have lost the past six World Series.<\/p>\n<p>They are also the sixth team to be shut out by six or more runs in a Game 1. The good news for Chicago: four of the previous five eventually won the World Series, says <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNStatsInfo\">ESPN Stats &amp; Info<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Chicago Cubs Hope To Even The World Series In Game 2 Against Cleveland\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/10\/26\/499509719\/chicago-cubs-hope-to-even-the-world-series-in-game-2-against-cleveland?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/10\/26\/ap_16300762562271-b03c977d56ff26265abf8801052ff0a91ce09767-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A worker wipes down the rain covered seats at Progressive Field in Cleveland before Game 2 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs. <strong>Matt Slocum\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><span>Matt Slocum\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Game 2 of the World Series begins at 7 p.m. ET in Cleveland. Rain is forecast so the game will start an hour earlier than originally scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The Indians, who lead the best-of-seven series 1-0, will send Trevor Bauer to the mound. The Cubs&#8217; hopes of getting a split before the series heads to Chicago rests with 2015 Cy Young award winner Jake Arrieta.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs are already in a tough spot. As <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/page\/playoffs16_cubsintrouble\/why-chicago-cubs-more-trouble-think\">ESPN reports<\/a>, Game 1 losers have lost the past six World Series.<\/p>\n<p>They are also the sixth team to be shut out by six or more runs in a Game 1. The good news for Chicago: four of the previous five eventually won the World Series, says <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNStatsInfo\">ESPN Stats &amp; Info<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}