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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.
Ian Happ lined a solo homer, six Chicago pitchers cobbled together a five-hitter and the Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Monday night. Michael Busch and Dansby Swanson each had two hits as ...
The Cubs' drought would end up lasting 108 years, having been finally ended when the Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in seven games to win the 2016 World Series. Despite Ruth heroics, Gehrig was the real hero of the series batting .529 (he collected 9 hits out of 17 times at bat) with 8 RBIs and 3 home runs.
The Cubs, with virtually the same team as 2016 besides swamping out Aroldis Chapman for Wade Davis at closer, struggled with injury and what was dubbed by pundits as "a World Series hangover", attributable to a deep postseason run and therefore a shorter offseason, but still managed to pull away and win the National League Central. As the 2016 ...
Chicago's Zach Davies, Ryan Tepera, Andrew Chafin and Craig Kimbrel combined on the seventh no-hitter of the major league season, leading the Cubs to a 4-0 win over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on ...
The Cubs also had their best two pitchers, Mark Prior and Kerry Wood, slated to start the final two games. [ 28 ] [ 15 ] With the Cubs leading 3–0 and just five outs away from their first World Series appearance since 1945 , Steve Bartman , a fan, reached for the foul ball hit by Luis Castillo off Prior, preventing Cubs outfielder Moisés ...
The Kansas City Royals got their first chance to face Cubs rookie sensation Shota Imanaga on Saturday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Eight Chicago Cubs' pitchers allowed eight hits and combined for 15 strikeouts and four walks to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals and win a postseason series for the first time ever in Wrigley Field. [19] The game did not start well for the Cubs with the second batter, Stephen Piscotty, hitting a two-run home run.