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There is no bleeding to stop for Trevor Bauer.The Indians lead the Chicago Cubs 1-0 in the World Series after Cleveland took a 6-0 victory in Game 1 Tuesday at Progressive Field, and Bauer just aims to hold serve in Game 2 on Wednesday.Rain might be another story, as Bauer takes the lead leg of the Indians playoffs-long race to hand the ball to a dominant bullpen.Major League Baseball moved up the start time for Game 2 an hour to 7:08 p.m. ET because of heavy precipitation in the forecast later in the evening for Northeast Ohio.Bauer isnt plotting to halt Mother Nature.He also claims -- as he did before his last start -- the health of his right hand is no longer a worry.Bauer said Tuesday, after his previous postseason start in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series ended in the first inning, his wounded finger has healed. That claim didnt hold water at Toronto. His hand uncontrollably gushed blood and ended the 25-year-old fireballers start after 21 pitches and two-thirds of one inning.Going into Toronto, the doctors told me they were confident it would be OK. I was confident it would be fine, said Bauer, who survives with a snug grip on two- and four-seam fastballs perfected in extra sessions with Game 1 hero Corey Kluber. It hadnt bled the two days before that at all. So I feel confident every time I take the mound. I wouldnt take the mound if I didnt feel confident Id be able to pitch and help the team. So, yeah, Im confident like I was back then too.Bauer cut his hand repairing his drone, but was a workhorse in the regular season, averaging 110.4 pitches in 35 starts. Control can be fleeting for Bauer, whose eccentric personality is a plus in the clubhouse according to manager Terry Francona.If his fastball is live -- and with just 99 pitches thrown total in the first two rounds of the playoffs, energy and stamina should not be hindrances -- Bauer can be a force. He had 168 strikeouts in the regular season.The Cubs counter with their No. 1b starter, Jake Arrieta, after Jon Lester allowed three runs and took the loss Tuesday. Chicago looks to beat the odds against teams losing the first game of the World Series, who are 40-70 overall in the Fall Classic.Arrieta won the National League Cy Young Award in 2015 with a record of 22-6 and 1.77 ERA. This season, he had 18 wins (3.10 ERA), but has not been the same dominating presence in the playoffs.In two games, Arrieta is 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA. Opponents are hitting .273 against him compared to .194 in the regular season.Its why you play the whole season, Arrieta said. To hopefully be in this position to be one of the last two teams standing with an opportunity to win a World Series for your organization, your city, for your team, friends and family. So it means a ton. You know, theres only two of 30 that even get these opportunities. Not many players -- there are some players that go their whole career without being able to get to the postseason. So were all very fortunate.Stacking a lineup already loaded with fastball-smashing lefties might be reason for Cubs manager Joe Maddon to carry extra confidence into Game 2.Theyre obviously very talented, but the Red Sox were very talented, and the Blue Jays are obviously very talented too, Bauer said. At the end of the day, theyre just hitters. They get outs nine out of 10 times, like all the rest of them. It comes down to executing pitches, executing a game plan.The surprising return of Kyle Schwarber allows Maddon to back up National League MVP candidate Kris Bryant with a run of power bats -- first baseman Anthony Rizzo, left fielder Ben Zobrist, Schwarber and possibly Jason Heyward.Maddon said it was not a given that Miguel Montero, a left-handed hitter and Arrietas preferred backstop all season, would start Game 2 over rookie Willson Contreras, who is best equipped to slow the Cleveland running game.Heywards atrocious postseason landed him on the bench Tuesday for the second consecutive playoff game.Jasons been struggling at the plate -- thats it, Maddon said of starting Chris Coghlan, who entered Game 1 with a .063 career postseason batting average. That doesnt mean its going to look like this (Wednesday).Schwarber smacked a double in the fourth inning of Game 1 for his first hit of the entire season, proof positive the left-handed slugger hasnt lost his immense power rehabbing from torn knee ligaments since April. He walked in the seventh, laying off a pair of two-strike offerings from left-handed reliever Andrew Miller.Bauer, the third overall pick in the 2011 draft acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowed two home runs in his lone start against the Red Sox, and gave up 20 home runs in the regular season. Indians manager Terry Francona said they are banking on Bauers wounded pinkie holding up, and Cleveland holding down Chicagos offense.If it doesnt work, Francona said, Im going to make the doctor come up here and talk to you (media). I dont think that fingers going to be the reason he wins or loses.Josh Tomlin is scheduled to start Game 3 at Wrigley Field for the Indians against Kyle Hendricks, but the Indians have not announced a starter for Saturdays Game 4. John Lackey is scheduled to go in Game 4 for the Cubs.Though Francona would not say it directly, the Indians are weighing giving the ball back to Kluber -- he threw 88 pitches in six-plus Tuesday -- on Saturday. That would definitely be the case if the Indians were in position to sweep the series. Francona is 9-0 all-time as a manager in the World Series.Weve said who our first three starters are, but just to be fair to them, we need to wait until everybody pitches just because its not just if one guy can handle and maybe come back early, Francona said. Because once you do that, then the other guys pretty much have to, too, or youre really not helping yourself. So weve talked to all the starters. They understand how we feel about things. 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The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries.Jos Buttler has said he is ready to shelve the reticence that undermined his last attempt at cracking Test cricket and believes he will be trusted by the team management to play his natural attacking game if, as widely anticipated, he is handed a recall for next weeks first Test against Pakistan at Lords.With a space opening up in Englands middle order following Nick Comptons decision to take a break from cricket, and with doubts about Jonny Bairstows wicketkeeping undermining his revelatory run of form with the bat against Sri Lanka, the path is clear for Buttler to resume his role with the gloves at No.7, especially if Ben Stokes, his fellow hard-hitting batsman, is deemed unready for an immediate recall following the knee operation that ruled him out of the last two Tests.A return for Buttler at Lords would, on the one hand, be something of a leap of faith, seeing as he has not played a red-ball match since Englands Test tour of the UAE more than eight months ago. On that trip, he was dropped ahead of the final Test against Pakistan at Sharjah following a dramatic collapse in form and confidence. Since the start of the previous summers Ashes at Cardiff, he had mustered 156 runs in seven Tests at 13.00, with a highest score of 42, at a strike-rate of less than a run every two balls.However, Buttlers coruscating form in limited-overs cricket continued at the Ageas Bowl on Tuesday night, when his unbeaten 73 from 49 balls eased England to an eight-wicket win in the one-off T20 against Sri Lanka, and his rediscovered confidence is so tangible that selectors appear sorely tempted to unleash him once again in the longest format.Asked whether he felt it mattered that he hadnt played a first-class match for so long, Buttler responded, tellingly: In the olden days maybe it would, but in the new set-up maybe not.And should he be named in this weekends squad, then Buttler believes that the recent injection of a have-a-go mentality into Englands Test plans will allow him to play the natural game that has served him and his team-mates so well during his recent white-ball experiences, both for England at the World T20 and against Sri Lanka, and for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.I dont think Id be trying to bat time, he said of his likely Test gameplan. Having had time out of the game and watching certain players in our team from the sidelines in South Africa and watching on the TV this summer - the way Jonny plays, the way Joe Root plays, the way Ben Stokes plays - theyre always trying to put the pressure on. Thats the way English cricket has gone. Its about scoring runs. It doesnt matter how, its how many. You take your bat out there to score runs, so try to score them.That was something that Buttler conspicuously failed to do towards the end of his previous stint in the Test team, particularly on the slow, low wickets in Abu Dhabi and Dubai when he appeared to fear the consequences of trusting his attacking instincts. But, with Trevor Bayliss, Englands head coach, cultivating a no fear attitude to his teams strokeplay, Buttler believes hes ready for another go.If thats what tthe coach is telling you to do, its a good start, he said.dddddddddddd It probably comes down to making peace with what you guys [the media] are going to write and what the public are going to think, and accepting that if you get caught at second slip having a big whoosh, so be it. Id rather do that than leave one and get bowled. The games about scoring runs. What Ive learned, whatever colour the ball is, is that me trying to hit the ball is going to get the best out of myself.Buttler was memorably encouraged by Bayliss to put his Test ambitions on the backburner earlier this year, and was given the go-ahead to sign a lucrative deal to play a full season of IPL cricket for Mumbai Indians. But the time away from the Test team has merely sharpened his desire to make amends for his shortcomings last time out.Ive had some time away to think and put cricket into perspective, he said. Ive had some fantastic experiences over the last six months and learned a lot - just by siting there watching. I think the IPL was a fantastic experience. You come back so much more confident from that, brushing shoulders with those kind of guys. A lot more clarity about the mentality it takes to succeed.When you get dropped and left out, you have a good think, he added. Obviously Ive experienced some great things in the Test team, and you realise why its the best form of the game. But when you get dropped you have that hunger to get back in. I havent played red-ball cricket for a long time, but Ive really enjoyed my cricket and enjoyed doing what Ive been doing. Whatever happens, it doesnt change your ambition. Whatever colour the ball is, you want to score runs and influence the game.In many ways, the confidence in Buttlers game is as significant as his obvious talent, for he readily admits that, at the age of 25, and with five years of experience at international level under his belt, he is better able now to rationalise the ups and downs of the sport that so clearly got to him late last year.Its the most confident Ive felt, he said. You gain another year. As a 21-year-old, when people said youll become a better player with experience you dont really believe it. Maybe now Ive understood what that means.Some of the experiences of the last year Ive gone through, the highs and lows, have really put it in perspective - does it really matter, the cricket stuff? Its about not getting too caught up with everything, and just enjoying it. Ive felt in good form. You try to capitalise on that and use your experience to make the most of it. It really boils down to enjoying your cricket and making the most of it.And with that frame of mind, he feels really to conquer any logistical challenge that the international schedule can throw at him.When youre averaging 10, youre not going to be very confident. The word is conviction. I didnt have the same conviction as I had against the white ball. Thats what Ill have to do. Show that conviction, that confidence, and take it on. ' ' '