Game 7s in baseball history -- and a little help from above.---Paul Newberry is a sports columnist f | Forum
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Nov 4 '19
Yorkshire 145 and 57 for 3 trail Somerset 390 (Gregory 73*, Trescothick 73, Allenby 50, Sidebottom 5-51) by 188 runsScorecardThere is a silver lining for Yorkshire supporters in this tale of woe, but only those with a solid disposition will read down far enough to find refuge in it. Nike Air Vapormax Outlet . It involves Lancashire coming to the rescue in the nick of time when the White Rose forces are beleaguered, their Championship challenge in tatters. Suitably for the history of Roses conflict, Lancashire are instead showing signs of treachery. Call up Max Wigley, the Yorkshire chaplain. Perhaps a hurried marriage or two can be arranged to unite the rival Houses and ensure Red Rose loyalty.Requiring help from Lancashire is not easily digestible, but there is no other way, not now. This was another dire day for Yorkshire, the second in succession, against a Somerset side who have been transformed from potential relegation fodder to surprise Championship challengers. They are having fun at Headingley, losing themselves in the delight of being part of the Championship shake-up.Having established a first-innings lead of 245, Somerset reduced Yorkshire to 57 for 3 in the 22 overs by the close. Alex Lees, so authoritative in victory against Durham last week, failed for the second time in the match when Jim Allenby held a low catch off Lewis Gregory at first slip. Gary Ballance had his off stump plucked out, driving at Tim Groenewald; Andrew Gale suffered the same fate. Gale had called overnight for Yorkshire grit after they had been dismissed first time around for 145, but most of it seemed to have settled in the batsmans eyes.For a positive Yorkshire image, the final stages of Somersets innings serves a purpose. It involved Ryan Sidebottom forcing an exhausted body into a chase to the long-off boundary, pursuing an off drive from Groenewald against the legspin of Adil Rashid and turning a four into a three with a desperate dive. At the time, Somersets lead was 236, the temperature was in the high 20s and Sidebottom, who had bowled manfully and skilfully, was as good as spent. When Groenewald was stumped off Rashid soon afterwards, Sidebottom returned exemplary figures of 5 for 51 in 22 overs. He took half Yorkshires wickets and he bowled seven of their 11 maidens. He was their greatest threat until the second new ball when Somerset finally broke him. Of the rest of the attack, the coach Jason Gillespie gently suggested: We probably havent been as ruthless or as disciplined as we could be.It was Sidebottom who gave Yorkshire hope before lunch. Somerset were only 38 behind with nine wickets intact at start of play, but Sidebottom struck with two wickets in five balls, having Chris Rogers caught at second slip for 63 and then bowling James Hildreth with an inswinger as he played no stroke. He even smashed Allenbys bat in two before he had scored, and when Marcus Trescothicks serene 73 came to an end as he defended Liam Plunkett into his stumps, Somerset had still not killed the game at lunch.Yorkshire summoned another spirited effort after the break. Peter Trego was first put under pressure by the hostility of Plunkett and then removed by a lifter from Sidebottom. The pitch offered a touch more help than usual on the second day, but overhead conditions were no longer as favourable as they had been on Monday.Each Somerset batsman had the bit in his teeth in turn. The dash of Trego, who reached 1,000 first-class runs for the first time, was followed by the earnestness of Allenby, the power of Craig Overton and, most laudably, a career-best 73 when most needed - only his second Championship fifty of the season - from Lewis Gregory. By the time Sidebottom added two tail-end wickets, Somerset were commandingly placed. Sixty-one runs in 10.5 overs spilled from the second new ball.Yorkshires defeat against Middlesex at Scarborough was an indication that they faced a daunting challenge to win a third successive Championship and here, as at Scarborough, it has been hard to advance a case that they deserve it. Their top-order batting cannot repeatedly fail and expect to be rescued.But, as indicated, there remains an escape route even in defeat and it depends on the other lot on tother wide of tPennines. If Yorkshire cannot beat Somerset it is advantageous for them to lose, not draw. But such a calculation depends upon Lancashire stoutly holding Middlesex to a draw at Old Trafford.When Lancashire lost half their side for 32 in Manchester, the frustration was palpable. Bloody Lancashire, somebody said. Any self-respecting Yorkshire cricket follower spotting a red rose growing in a garden east of the Pennines will be obliged under cover of darkness to pull it up as a weed. A few Villages in Bloom entrants could discover some bare patches in the prize display.The theory goes like this. A Yorkshire draw would put Somerset, who lie third, out of the Championship race - and Middlesex, even if they only draw at Old Trafford, would draw with more bonus points and therefore would have enough of a lead to lobby for a draw pitch when the counties meet in the final match at Lords next week. But a Yorkshire defeat would leave Somerset still in contention and Middlesex, suddenly fearful of a Lords stalemate in case Somerset sneak the title, would be desperate for a result pitch, giving Yorkshire the opportunity for a victory that could steal the title at the last.The only weakness of this theory is that Mick Hunt, the veteran Lords head groundsman, tends to do as he wishes, but its a theory nevertheless.Laughable? A 100-1 chance at best? The alternative is a staggering third-day recovery that would go down in Yorkshire history. 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The fleeting storm along Lake Erie couldnt have come at a better time for the Chicago Cubs.It was as if the gods finally cut this snake-bit franchise a long overdue break.One hundred and eight years overdue.Shell-shocked after blowing a three-run lead with four outs to go in Game 7 of the World Series, the Cubs looked more like deer staring into headlights as they headed to extra innings against the Cleveland Indians. A series of head-scratching moves by manager Joe Maddon, who seemed intent on making sure the drought lasted into its 109th year, cost Chicago a chance to wrap this thing up in regulation.Then it started raining.The tarp was hurriedly rolled out to cover the infield and the Cubs used the unexpected break to regain their composure with a hastily called team meeting. The delay lasted only 17 minutes, but that was long enough to steady their shaky nerves.Chicago went out in the 10th inning and turned a 6-6 tie into an 8-6 lead. Ben Zobrist delivered a run-scoring double down the left-field line, and third-string catcher Miguel Montero followed with an RBI single to give the Cubs some much-needed breathing room.Then, shortly before 1 a.m. on the East Coast, the Cubs stamped out the Curse of the Billy Goat and Steve Bartman and Black Cats and Fly Balls Lost In the Sun -- everything that conspired to keep them from celebrating a World Series title since their last one in 1908. With the gutsy Indians having scored one final run, cutting the deficit to 8-7 and putting the potential tying run on base, third baseman Kris Bryant swept across the infield, scooped up a soft ground ball and whipped a throw over to first baseman Anthony Rizzo to end it once and for all.Next year finally arrived.Now, they can hoist a championship banner over Wrigley Field, not just a W flag.It happened! It happened! Chicago, it happened! Rizzo kept saying over and over again, as if he wasnt quite sure about it himself. We did it! Were world champions! I tell ya, were world champions! I cant believe it!As one shouldve expected for a franchise that has endured so much misery, the Series-clinching win was downright gut-wrenching. Really, that was the way it had to be. The Cubs raced out to a 5-1 lead and were still up 6-3 with two outs in the eighth. But Maddon had already set in motion an excruciating finish for long-suffering Cubs fans by yanking starter Kyle Hendricks far too soon, and then calling upon overworked closer Aroldis Chapman in the eighth to close things out.Chapman, predictably, surrendered a run-scoring hit to make it 6-4, followed by a two-run hoomer to Rajai Davis that sent Clevelands fans -- who know a thing or two about suffering -- into a delirious dance. Womens Nike Air Vapormax. ith the Cavaliers drought-breaking NBA title already in the bank just a few months ago, it looked as though the Indians would improbably bring home their first World Series title since 1948 to add to the citys trophy case. In the ninth, when Maddon inexplicably called for a safety suicide bunt with two strikes, only to have Javier Baez foul it off for a strikeout with the potential go-ahead run at third base, it seemed inevitable that Chicago would find a way to blow it.Then the skies opened up.And the Cubs settled down.Jason Heyward, a big free-agent signee whos been a huge disappointment in an otherwise thrilling season, called his teammates together in the weight room.I just had to remind everybody who we are and what it took to get here, Heyward said.His words settled everyone down.It was the best thing for us, Bryant said.Rizzo concurred.We rallied together, he said. We knew we could do this. We pulled together and the boys believed.Team architect Theo Epstein, who oversaw a drought-breaking title for the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and now has done the same with the Cubs, happened to walk past the weight room during the delay.They were all gathered around saying, `This is only going to make it sweeter boys. Lets grind. Lets grind. Here we go, Epstein related. They went out and had an unbelievable inning.Cleveland manager Terry Francona downplayed the stoppage, saying he didnt think it decided the game.I dont think it really did, he said. Bryan Shaw was the guy we had out there. Of all the guys we have, he probably bounces back as good as anybody.But Shaw, who got the final two outs in the ninth, looked like a totally different pitcher when he went back to the mound in the 10th. He surrendered three hits and two intentional walks. The only out he got was a towering fly ball by Bryant that was caught just short of the wall in center field.For the Indians, the drought goes on.For the Cubs, theres no more talk about 1908.They are World Series champions.All it took was a stirring comeback from a 3-1 deficit, one of the greatest Game 7s in baseball history -- and a little help from above.---Paul Newberry is a sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry(at)ap.org or at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '
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