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The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season.The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs and the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians, the first meeting of those franchises in postseason history.
The Indians won their game on July 1, 2–1 over the Toronto Blue Jays, in 19 innings - the longest game of the 2016 season - to extend their winning streak to 14 games, but it would end the next day with a 9–6 loss to the Blue Jays. The Indians would maintain a 5–7 game lead over the Detroit Tigers throughout much of July. However the team ...
The regular season ended on Sunday, October 2, 2016, and the postseason on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, with the Chicago Cubs coming back from a three games to one deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series and win their first championship since 1908.
The Indians then took Game 4 by a 7–2 score to go up 3–1 in the series. In Game 5, the Cubs prevailed by a 3–2 score thanks to excellent pitching performances from Jon Lester and Aroldis Chapman to win their first home World Series game since 1945, sending the series back to Cleveland. In Game 6, the Cubs blew out the Indians, 9–3, to ...
The Cubs defeated the Indians in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series to win the team's first title since 1908.
The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series title in 108 years by defeating the host Cleveland Indians in the 10th inning of Game 7, 8–7, making up a three games to one deficit in the process. Ben Zobrist , who went 10-for-28 (.357) in the series and delivered a go-ahead double in the top of the inning, earned Most Valuable Player honors.
The Chicago Cubs forced a Game 7 with a blowout win over Cleveland on Tuesday thanks to an offensive explosion.
This comeback would be even more difficult since the Cubs have to claim the final two games on the road - last done by the Pirates in 1979. Game on: World Series shifts back to Cleveland for Game ...