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Cubs-Indians Game 3 by the numbers

Game 3 by the numbers

10 — Career postseason RBI in 38 games by Coco Crisp coming into Game 3. His 11th came when he blooped a pinch-hit single to right field in the top of the seventh to give Cleveland a 1-0 lead, and the win.

4 — The number of times the Cubs have been shut out in the last seven games.

5 — Shutouts thrown by the Indians in 11 postseason games.

.100 — The Cubs team batting average in Game 3 if you take out Jorge Soler, who was 2-for-3.

16 — Consecutive scoreless innings by Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks. He left Game 3 with the bases loaded and one out after 4.1 innings. Hendricks' streak stayed alive when Justin Grimm got Francisco Lindor to ground into a 4-6-3 double play.

10 — Postseason at-bats without a hit for Jorge Soler until he led off the fifth inning with a single. Soler also had a two-out triple in the seventh but was stranded when Javier Baez grounded out to short.

2 — Double plays the Indians grounded into in Game 3. That's as many as they had in their first 10 playoff games combined, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

.273 — Cubs record all-time in Game 3s. They are 6-16.

622,852 — Hours between the last pitch of the 1945 World Series and the first pitch at Wrigley Field for 2016 World Series, according to ESPN Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell.

— John Dietz

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