CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and catcher David Ross performed a juggling act in catching Cleveland Indians left fielder Carlos Santana's pop foul in the top of the second inning of Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night.
With one out, Santana popped a ball up near the entrance to the Indians' dugout as Ross camped underneath it. Rizzo was also tracking it, setting up near Ross, so when the catcher bobbled the ball the Cubs first baseman was there to grab it, much to the delight of the crowd.
The excitement was short lived as the next batter, Jose Ramirez, homered to left field off of Jon Lester. Teams scoring first in the NLCS, ALCS and World Series are 14-1 this postseason with the lone loss coming in Game 4 of this series.
The Cubs made another nice defensive play the next inning when right fielder Jason Heyward jumped near the wall down the right-field line as a ball hit by Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer blew back into play. Heyward adjusted his leap to make the catch as he came back towards the field of play.
Rizzo and Ross combined for another catch in the fourth inning but this time they ran into each other with Ross making the grab of a Mike Napoli popup in foul territory halfway down the first-base line. Again Ross tumbled to the ground, but he held onto the ball.
