After a devastating game three, the Cubs organization knew that winning game four would be a necessity for their survival. With a loss, the Cubs could go down 3-1 in the series while a win would make the series a best of three. Wrigley Field, of course, was hopping again. The CTA trains were full of only Cubs fans packing every square foot the train car had. Outside of Wrigley, it seemed like there were enough fans to fill a whole other stadium. Simply put, it couldn’t have been more crowded. People were selling peanuts, buying merchandise, taking pictures, yelling at Alex Rodriguez and Pete Rose at the pre game booth and you could smell the scent of brats and hot dogs around the corner. It was baseball heaven. Almost ten minutes into the game you heard a very loud cheer from the crowd leading one to think that one of the Cubs’ base runners had crossed home plate. The rest of the night, though, Wrigleyville was pure silence.

Saturday night’s pitching matchup was a little uneven you could say. Starting for the Cleveland Indians was their ace Corey Kluber. Kluber has been magnificent this postseason and has now started five postseason games, allowing only three runs total and has also maintained a .89 ERA. On the other side, the man on the hill for the Cubbies would be John Lackey, the anchor is the Cubs rotation who hasn’t shined nearly as much as Kluber. In the postseason alone, he has allowed 8 runs and has a 4.85 ERA all in three games.

After the top of the first inning concluded, the Cubs’ bats got into action quickly. The number three hitter for the Cubs, Anthony Rizzo, hit a line drive single that scored Dexter Fowler to give the Cubs an early lead. This gave the Cubs momentum and a pretty good outlook for the rest of the night… until John Lackey fell apart.

It didn’t take long for the Indians to answer Anthony Rizzo’s RBI single. On a full count to Carlos Santana, the Cubs were eying there first out of the inning. Lackey made a mistake on his four-seam fastball that was left over the plate and Carlos Santana got all of the ball and hit the first home run at Wrigley field since 1945. The game was evened up and there was still more to come in the inning. After a throwing error by Kris Bryant and an intentional walk to Trevor Naquin, the Indians pitcher Corey Kluber came to the plate. Since AL pitchers do not hit when they are playing at a AL ballpark, Kluber had little hitting experience this year. With men on first and third Kluber was batting for some more cushion while he was pitching and performed with, reasonably speaking, the best thing that an AL pitcher could do: an infield single. The ball was a slow roller to Bryant who couldn’t get to the ball in time to make a good throw. The ball got by Rizzo and the score was 2-1 Indians just like that.

The scoring for the Indians did not stop in the second. In the third, Francisco Lindor, who has been red hot this postseason, singled into center field, which scored Jason Kipnis to give the Indians a two run lead.

By the time the seventh inning rolled around the Cubs were trailing 4-1 after a sacrifice fly by Lonnie Chisenhall scored Francisco Lindor. The lead was only three, so there was still hope around Wrigley about a late inning comeback. Travis Wood was pitching for the Cubs, who has continued to prove this postseason that he is one of the best tools for the Cubs in their bullpen. The inning for Wood could not have started worse. To begin with, Coco Crisp hit a double to center and the next batter was hit which meant there were men on first and second with no outs for the inning. Up next for the Indians was the Northbrook native Jason Kipnis. Kipnis, who grew up a diehard Cubs fan, went to the same school as Steve Bartman, and always dreamed of the Cubs playing in the World Series, until he reached the majors. Now, his goal is making sure the Cubs have to wait another year or more to win their first title since 1908. Kipnis was truly the one who ended game four of the World Series. On a hitter’s count (3-1) Kipnis hit a line drive homerun to right field giving the Indians a commanding six run lead. Wrigley was silent and some fans began to vacate. The three run home run was the first three run shot at Wrigley since Babe Ruth called his shot back in 1932.

It was now up to Cleveland’s pitching to close out the victory. For the first time this postseason, Andrew Miller did give up one run on a solo shot to left field by Dexter Fowler. Still, however, the Cubs were down by five and the Indians easily crossed the finish line well in front of the Cubs with the final score being 7-2.

Well, this is it. If the Cubs lose one more their year is done. They have come a long way this year having the best record in the majors, a NL Central Division title and, of course, being the National League champions. Things happen for a reason though. Back in 2004, the Boston Red Sox, who had not won a title in 84 years, were playing against there rivals the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series (ALCS). Quickly the Sox went down 3-0 in the series and part of Boston lost their hope and began thinking ‘next year’ similarly to what the Cubs have been saying in the past 107 years. Boston turned it around though and won the series 4-3 in New York. It was one of the coolest moments in sports history. They later went on to win the title for the first time in what seemed like forever for the Red Sox faithful. Now, for the Cubs the script is there. They have won three straight games with Lester, Arrieta, and Hendricks dealing in a row this season five separate times. This team is now down by two games, but I cannot think of a better team in all of baseball that is built to come back and win a series more so than the Cubs. This year was meant to be the year. No matter how many games it takes, this team may be down, but you can never count them out.