>> joe: napoli hitless tonight. strike one. the velocity has been maintained by lester. >> john: he's done a great job mixing it up. he started out with two steamers and curveballs. now he's been able to throw the four-seamer more consistent. >> joe: in 2014, madison bumgarner threw 170 pitches to win game 5 over kansas city. two days off, then 68 pitches for a five inning save in a one-run game 7. lester. so impressive. 90 pitches to win game five. two days off, and he's thrown 50 the 1-2. 2-2. >> john: at this point, it's all a dry land. you would never throw this much on your side day. he knows what's at stake. trying to grind each pitch out. mentally get locked in and it takes longer to accomplish but as long as you keep getting out, it's worth it. >> joe: two outs. four strikeout for jon lester. we haven't seen that pitch a theo and his son. here is jose ramirez. the epstein is the president, head of baseball operations for the cubs. took over in the fall of 2011 and he told cubs fans i have a plan but you are going to have to be patient. how often is it that a plan actually works? this is a good young chicago team that's going to be good for >> john: it did take him a while. they had to lose a lot of games to get that plan but you are right. this team, built to win a few more years than just right now. >> joe: two out, nobody on. 1-want to jose ramirez. ground ball. russell can't make the play and the inning continues. a two-out hit for jose ramirez with brandon guyer coming up. to bring in chapman and give him some freedom to work before the tying run get to the plate. >> joe: russell got there and overshot it. jon lester tonight goes 3 1/3. struck out four, watch one. and got big outs here in game seven. closer coming in. cubs up 3 in the eighth. 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tiger game. rajai davis. i said down and in was his only chance. watch with his pitch is. down and in. >> john: he got it. he fouled off the pitches he had to fall off. the one area that gave davis a chance to hit where chapman threw it. oh, my. >> joe: now crisp. ball one. first home run allowed by aroldis chapman since june 18th while with the yankees. kurt suzuki of the twins. it comes with two outs in the bottom of the eighth of game 7 to tie it. base hit by crisp. go ahead run is on. >> john: i said earlier the cubs saw miller multiple times. he wasn't as sharp. chapman has been pushed beyond what normally could be a role in three straight games. he's thrown two straight pitches down and in. the hitters, don't forget about guyer and the ability to fight off those pitches and get that huge hit to set up for davis. same thing. >> joe: don't forget about all the work last night in a 7-2 game when the cubs couldn't add on. he had to come on. nowadays back in their, and this sent out by rajai davis. and then followed down and in, sent to left by coco crisp. >> john: went chapman's effective, he's effective over the middle of the zone and up. there's not a lot of hitters they can do anything against it. he's been pushed and is thrown a ton of pitches. he sacrificed a little bit to try to generate more natural -- his natural velocity is better than forced velocity. >> joe: lebron celebrating with over 40,000 in the ballpark and thousands outside the ball one now to yan gomes. yan gomes has three plate appearances this postseason, all against chapman. grounded out, struck out, bounced into a double play. check on crisp, the go-ahead run at first with two out. 2-0. he just looks worn out. and he is. >> john: there's no other other way around it. >> joe: a two-out infield hit to his left. the pitching change, double, homer, single. now a 2-0 pitch to gomes. fooled by the slider from chapman. 2-1. >> john: now the bullpen that has been hard to trust for joe maddon is going to be put in duty to have to trust. >> joe: that lack of trust has led to all the work, especially last night, for gomes could be a hero. 2-2. back to backsliders. travis wood, the left-hander, getting ready in a hurry. inning over. that strikeout ends the inning. but in the inning, three runs, crossed for the cleveland indians. all with two outs. rajai davis, the 35-year-old, his first home run since august heartbreak in chicago and a tied game 7 after eight. unbelievable. price wireless pln ...then there's not enough high-speed data... or your bill is packed with overages and mystery fees... ...stop falling for it! 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' 25 pirates won it over washington. the '60 yankees trailed to pittsburgh in pittsburgh. lost on a bob mazeroski home run. 10-98 indians tonight trail 5-1 in the fifth grade -- in the fi. >> john: cody allen is trying to get it lower. height-wise. coghlan taken off one time during this at-bat by heyward. the one heyward is plenty strong. hit ve regular season, drove in 49. only one since the postseason began. for a while, benched.