CLEVELAND — What Jake Arrieta did in rotten weather on Wednesday night during Game 2 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians made little sense. He threw a first-pitch strike to only half the batters he faced. He fired 98 pitches in all, but only 55 were strikes. He walked three batters.

“Maintaining a consistent feel on a night like this, with the weather the way it was, can be tough,” he said.

Yet there he was at the start of the sixth inning, carrying the longest no-hit bid in a World Series game since the Mets’ Jerry Koosman in 1969. By the time Arrieta left the mound in the sixth, he had allowed only one run and two hits. In a sloppy four-hour game that nonetheless finished before heavy rain arrived, Arrieta guided the Cubs past the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in a 5-1 win that tied the series at one game apiece.

“He was just attacking them,” Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant said. “It’s tough to hit in the cold, especially with his stuff moving all over the place.”