This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Mike Napoli drove Kipnis in with a single the inning prior - a frame that ended with two Indians runners stranded in scoring position. Kipnis was the primary source of what little offense Cleveland could muster, going 3-for-4 including a solo shot in the fifth. Bryant totaled four hits on the night, and Rizzo put the game on ice with a two-run bomb in the ninth inning to make it 9-2. Russell's six RBIs were a career-high, including regular season play, and matched his total from the entire 2016 postseason entering Tuesday.

Over his 5 2/3 innings and 102 pitches, the reigning Cy Young winner struck out nine while walking three and allowing three hits.Ĭhicago skipper Joe Maddon pulled him after a sixth-inning walk to Lonnie Chisenhall, but Mike Montgomery immediately extinguished that flame with a force out. Save for a blip in the fourth inning and a Jason Kipnis fifth-inning solo homer, the Indians couldn't string together much of anything offensively.

SEE MORE: Cubs can learn a lesson from the 2004 Red Sox and their dreamer of a bossĪrrieta's pitch count ran high in the early going, but it hardly affected the 30-year-old's effectiveness. Russell came up in another big-time spot two innings later after a walk and a pair of singles, and took Dan Otero's 2-0 fastball over the tall left-center field fence to give Chicago a 7-0 lead. Anthony Rizzo and Ben Zobrist each singled immediately after the shot, and came around to score on a double by Russell in the next at-bat - with the help of a misplayed fly ball by Indians outfielders Lonnie Chisenhall and Tyler Naquin. Kris Bryant connected in the first off Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin with a solo home run to left. RELATED: 2016 World Series - Chicago Cubs vs. Facing elimination at Progressive Field, the Cubs topped the Cleveland Indians 9-3, forcing a seventh game of this historic World Series that will end on Wednesday night. After 103 wins, and 108 years, these Chicago Cubs just weren't going down that easily.Ī three-run first inning and Addison Russell's third-inning grand slam put the National League champs up early in Tuesday's Game 6, and with Jake Arrieta on the mound for the final time in 2016, it was a lead they didn't come close to surrendering.

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