CLEVELAND, Ohio – The rain in the forecast for this date held off, and Cleveland won to take a 2-1 World Series lead over the Boston Braves. Cleveland’s Gene Bearden took the mound after posting a ...

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 1948, file photo, Cleveland Indians pitcher Gene Bearden is carried off the field by teammates after their 8-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game for the American ...

Historically, the Cleveland Indians do not do well in do-or-die games. That's not being negative, it's just a fact. Everyone remembers the World Series losses of 1997 and 2016, but when you throw in ...

Gene Bearden pitched the last 1.2 innings of game six of the 1948 World Series, which happened only days after he won game three by shutting out the Braves. He won his 20th game that year in a ...