They instead blew a three-run lead when Rajai Davis hit a two-out, two-strike homer off closer Aroldis Chapman, leaving him in tears.
#8th inning of the 2016 world series game 7 full game series
They were four outs away from winning the World Series in conventional style. The Cubs, supposedly cursed by everything from Billy goats to black cats to guys wearing headphones reaching for foul balls in the stands, wiped away 108 years of pain on this night.Ĭertainly, it wasn’t easy. If the Indians need a shoulder to cry on, well, the Cubs certainly feel their pain. Hello heartbreak, it’s the Indians again. It’s been 24,859 days and counting since they last won the World Series in 1948. The Indians, after a sensational season, now will be remembered as the first team in 31 years to blow a 3-1 lead. The party of all parties, making Mardi Gras look like a church social, finally arrived.Ĭubs win thrilling Game 7 in 10 innings for first World Series title since 1908Īnd for the city of Cleveland, and all of their diehard Indians’ fans, winter has officially begun. The trains no longer were permitted to stop at Addison. The streets were shut down by the seventh inning. Others stood motionless, as if still in disbelief, with tears of joy streaming down their faces.Īnd back home in Wrigleyville, it was bedlam. There were strangers in blue, with half the sellout crowd of 38,104 seemingly cheering for the Cubs, hugging one another in the upper deck at Progressive Field. “And that the people that are here to enjoy it prosper in it right now.” “But for me, the significance is that this team, this group, wins a World Series. Obviously, the last time it was won was over a century ago. “This carries more significance in the city of Chicago, the fan base, just history. “Historical,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. The other was Madison Bumgarner in 2014.Zobrist’s go-ahead double and Montero’s crucial insurance absolved Chapman and his manager, Joe Maddon, of their Game 7 sins and launched the party of all parties - from the concourses of Progressive Field to the streets of Wrigleyville a couple states over. The first was Ted Wilks in 1944 for the Cardinals, long before the save was even a thing (it became an official stat in 1969). Only two other pitchers in MLB history earned their first career save in a World Series clinching game. Mike Montgomery collected his first career save. Anthony Rizzo had the second-to-last traditional IBB two batters earlier. Was drawn by Addison Russell in the 10th inning. The last four-pitch intentional walk in MLB history It was only the third time in World Series history a team used three catchers in a game (1978 Dodgers, 1950 Phillies)… but only here did three catch AND collect an RBI. Miguel Montero had an RBI single to give the Cubs an 8-6 lead in the 10th.Īll three caught in the game as well. Willson Contreras started and had an RBI double in the 4th inning. In Kielty's case it was the only World Series plate appearance of his career.
The others are former Cub Shawon Dunston who did it in 2002 with the Giants, and Bobby Kielty of the Red Sox in 2007. He's one of only three players in MLB history who can make that claim. David Ross homered in his final career Major League game… IN THE WORLD SERIES
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