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CHICAGO -- They have waited 108 years for a championship. So with this World Series on the verge of slipping away, the Chicago Cubs could not wait any longer.Manager Joe Maddon summoned closer Aroldis Chapman from the bullpen in the seventh inning for the first eight-out save of his big league career, a desperate move in a dire situation with the Cubs needing to hold off the Cleveland Indians in Game 5.As nervous fans fretted at Wrigley Field, the big Cuban left-hander fired his 100 mph heat over and over, preserving a 3-2 win Sunday night that cut Clevelands Series lead to 3-2.I didnt expect to come in so early, but I mentally prepared myself, Chapman said through a translator. I was ready to come in at a moments notice.The crowd of 41,711 erupted when Jose Ramirez, who had homered earlier, foul tipped a 101 mph offering at the outside corner into the glove of catcher Willson Contreras for the final out.A white flag with a blue W was raised atop Wrigley Field after a Series win for the first time since Oct. 8, 1945, in Game 6 over Detroit. Fans stayed long after the final out and sang Sweet Home Chicago as Cubs returned to the field for media interviews.High anxiety, first baseman Anthony Rizzo said. A lot of deep breaths. Every pitch gets bigger and bigger as the game goes on. Its unbelievable. Great win here. We sent these fans off with a win. Now we have to go to Cleveland and win.Chicago, which led the majors this year with 103 regular-season wins, will try to extend its season again Tuesday night when Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta faces Josh Tomlin. The Cubs are trying to become the first club to overcome a 3-1 Series deficit since the 1985 Kansas City Royals and the first to do it by winning Games 6 and 7 on the road since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.Seeking its first title since 1948, Cleveland is in search of its third-ever title and has won the championship at home just once, in 1920. Over 67,000 showed up at Progressive Field just to watch the three road games on the video board.Its going to be crazy. Its going to be nuts, first baseman Mike Napoli said. Theyre going to be pretty fired up, and theyre going to get us going.Chapman, obtained from the Yankees in July, hadnt pitched in the seventh inning since 2012. He took a chug of water from a plastic bottle on the left-field bullpen mound when Maddon called him in with a runner on.That was a big ask, and he answered, Indians manager Terry Francona said. That was impressive.Of Chapmans 42 pitches, 15 flew in at 100 mph or faster.Its something you cant normally do during the season without beating somebody up too badly, Maddon said. . But I talked to Chappy before the game. He was aware of being ready in the seventh inning. So we had that all in play.Chapman struck out four, raising his total to eight over five innings in three Series appearances.This guys used to just getting three outs, Cubs starter Jon Lester said. He was fired up. We were all fired up to get through that.With the crowd at the Friendly Confines desperate, Kris Bryant homered to start a three-run burst in the fourth off Trevor Bauer that gave Lester a 3-1 lead. The Indians nicked Lester for a run in the sixth, and Carl Edwards Jr. took over to begin the seventh with a 3-2 edge.Chapman came in with a runner on second and one out and retired Roberto Perez on an inning-ending groundout with two on as fans screamed. After Rajai Davis stole second and third in the eighth, Francisco Lindor took a 101 mph pitch at the knees for an inning-ending called third strike, then stood in the batters box for nearly 20 seconds in anger and frustration.Chapman finished with a 1-2-3 ninth. He threw 35 fastballs, six sliders and one changeup.Lester, the Game 1 loser, improved to 4-1 in Series play by allowing two runs and six hits .Ramirez homered in the second to put the Indians ahead, and Cleveland closed within a run in the sixth when Davis singled, stole second scored on a two-out single by Lindor , who is hitting .421 in the Series.Bauer, his pinkie seemingly healed from a cut sustained while playing with a toy drone during the AL Championship Series, dropped to 0-2 in the Series, giving up three runs and six hits in four innings .After a pair of relatively balmy autumn nights on the North Side, the temperature dropped to 50 degrees at game time and a 10 mph win added chill. Maddon wore a Cubs ski hat with a blue pompom rather than a baseball cap.Bryant, in a 1-for-15 slide, led off the fourth by driving a fastball into the left-field bleachers, where a fan in the first row dropped it.Rizzo sent the next pitch off the ivy on the right-field wall for a double, admiring its flight before hustling, took third on Ben Zobrists single and came home with the go-ahead run when Addison Russell reached out and topped a pitch down the third-base line for an infield single.Jason Heyward took a called third strike, slumping Javier Baez dropped a bunt down the third-base line for a single that loaded the bases and Ross, a 39-year-old making perhaps his final big league start, hit a sacrifice fly for a 3-1 lead.Were writing our own history. Were making history. Why stop? Russell said. This is entertaining to us. 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The 36-year-old American also turned in the top time in Thursdays opening training session. TROON, Scotland -- Colin Montgomerie will set his alarm for 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, make the short trip in the dark to Royal Troon after the earliest breakfast he can remember, and prepare to welcome the golfing world to his family home.In front of his 86-year-old father and many other family members, Montgomerie will hit the first shot of the 145th -- and possibly his last -- British Open at 6:35 a.m. and then walk the links course he calls his own.This is where I started playing, Montgomerie said. This is home.For the 53-year-old Scot, it will be like a trip down memory lane.Montgomerie took his first golf shot on the childrens course at Troon, as a 6-year-old, and says his childhood home is five houses up from the club, on South Beach Road. He is now an honorary member, like his brother, and his father -- James -- is a past secretary and will soon be voted in as the clubs president.From our point of view, as a family, its great, James Montgomerie, who has a 60-year association with Troon, told The Associated Press. Ill feel very proud, in the circumstances.The younger Montgomerie is playing in his first Open Championship in six years after getting through qualifying at nearby Glasgow Gailes last month. He has said he will not attempt to qualify again, so this could be his last shot at the claret jug.The R&A, which organizes the British Open,, chose to mark the occasion by offering Montgomerie the chance to hit the first shot of the tournament.dddddddddddd He gladly accepted the honor.This wasnt drawn out the hat, he said, laughing.The days of Montgomerie challenging for major championships appear long gone -- except, of course, on the 50-and-over circuit where he has won three senior majors since 2014. He has finished in second place on five occasions at majors, including once at the British Open at St. Andrews in 2005 when he was five shots behind Tiger Woods.Montgomerie said his goal for the week is simply to walk down the 18th fairway on Sunday, yet deep down theres a sense that he thinks he could push the younger generation this week.The former 2nd-ranked player and eight-time European No. 1 spoke at length Monday about the courses storied par-3 8th hole -- the so-called Postage Stamp -- the typical wind directions, and the benefits of his old-fashioned swing that keeps the ball flight low and of teeing off early before worse weather strikes.Knowing my way around here and hitting the ball well off the tee and my irons into the greens, and knowing where to miss the shots, theres no reason I cant do well here, Montgomerie said. No, no reason at all. ' ' '