Cubs Rizzo, Arrieta, Russell, Heyward are Gold Glove finalists

Corrected to include Jake Arrieta

Four Cubs players are finalists for Rawlings Gold Gloves, presented for defensive excellence. The awards will be announced Nov. 8.

Pitcher Jake Arrieta, shortstop Addison Russell, first baseman Anthony Rizzo and right fielder Jason Heyward were among the finalists voted on by managers and coaches. There also is a sabermetrics component involved.

Heyward is a three-time Gold Glove winner. The other players have been nominated for their first such award.

"Pretty good," said Russell, who faces stiff competition from the Giants' Brandon Crawford and the Phillies' Freddy Galvis. "My head is not into all the publicity and stuff like that. It's good hearing it from you guys (media). It's pretty exciting."

Russell, 22, quickly is becoming one of the best shortstops in baseball.

"I take a lot of pride in it," he said of his defense. "It's definitely part of my game. I think I'm more consistent. I think I work at fielding groundballs more often than I do practicing hitting at the plate.

"It's something that comes very naturally to me. It's something that I take pride in, and I just want to get better at the end of the day."

Not worried about time:

Game 2 of the World Series, won 5-1 by the Cubs, took 4 hours and 4 minutes to play. The Cubs had one NLCS game go 3:58 and another go 4:16. All three of these were nine-inning games.

Manager Joe Maddon said Thursday he doesn't notice.

"Nope," he said. "You get so involved in the moment. I had no idea. I couldn't even tell you how long those games are.

"The American League side, there's a lot less to think about. So really, the deeper the game gets, the less you're aware of time as far as I'm concerned."

This and that:

The Cubs' victory in Game 2 was the Cubs' first World Series win since Oct. 8, 1945 against the Tigers … Jake Arrieta's 5⅓ innings of no-hit ball was the longest such bid in a World Series game since the Mets' Jerry Koosman went 6 no-hit innings in Game 2 of the 1969 series against Baltimore.