Share this: The starting lineups are set for the first World Series game at Wrigley Field since 1945. The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians enter Game 3 of this year’s Fall Classic with their best-of-seven series tied at one game apiece. The Cubs bounced back from a 6-0 loss in Game 1 to even the series with a 5-1 win in Game 2 at Progressive Field. Neither team will have the luxury of using a designated hitter Friday night in Game 3 as the series shifts to Chicago, where National League rules will apply. This is significant, as Kyle Schwarber won’t be in the Cubs’ starting lineup since he hasn’t been medically cleared to play the field and first baseman/DH Carlos Santana will
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Are Cubs Stealing Dodgers’ Signs In NLCS? Yasmani Grandal Thinks So
The 2016 National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers already was intriguing. And now, it appears there’s some gamesmanship going on. Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal said following Los Angeles’ 1-0 win in Game 2 of the NLCS on Sunday that his team knows the Cubs have been stealing signs. It wasn’t an issue in Game 2, as only one Cubs baserunner reached second base, but there apparently were points in Game 1 — like in the eighth inning when Addison Russell worked a 3-0 count against Joe Blanton with Ben Zobrist on second base — where Grandal was aware that something was up. “All the sudden, Russell is