The Indians aren’t finished just yet in Game 7, and a weird fifth inning is the reason. Jon Lester entered the game in relief of Kyle Hendricks, which is important for two reasons: one, he doesn’t field his position well, and two, it meant David Ross came in to catch.
The Cubs gave up 2 runs because a wild pitch drilled the catcher in the face
This Game 7 is ridiculous.
The result? World Series chaos!
It started with Lester not fielding a weakly hit ball that Ross probably should have just sat on instead of throwing. He threw, though, and it went off-target, and that changed a first and second situation into a second and third:
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Lester then threw a wild pitch that ended up that way because it hit Ross in the mask. Lester missed his spot — you can see Ross thinking the pitch is going to be low:
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The result of this was two runs scoring because of the two runners in scoring position from the previous mishap.
The second of those two runs was close — closer than it should’ve been, thanks to the previous hit by Jason Kipnis that wasn’t fielded cleanly by Lester or Ross.
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Ross already got one of these runs back, as he hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning to put Chicago up by three runs once more. Game 7, y’all!
