The Chicago Cubs are World Series champions. And it took 10 innings to win it all in Game 7.
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It’s the third game seven in six World Series matchups, with Madison Bumgarner pitching five shutout relief innings in 2014 to lift San Francisco over Kansas City and St. Louis beating Texas in 2011 after coming within one strike of defeat. The Cubs then added one more run to take a definitive lead.
Indians righthander Corey Kluber has a chance to become one of a handful of starting pitchers, and the first in 48 years, to win three games in the same World Series.
Mike Dillon said all he could think about was his father, who died without ever seeing what Dillon witnessed.
Shell-shocked after blowing a three-run lead with four outs to go in Game 7 of the World Series, the Cubs looked more like deer staring into headlights as they headed to extra innings against the Cleveland Indians.
Anthony Rizzo’s father is watching his son play a pivotal role in the Cubs’ historic postseason run.
The Cubs battled back in the 10th inning with Ben Zobrist putting them ahead 7-6 with a smash down the third base line.
That’s when the man wearing a red “Cleveland against the world” shirt swung his right fist and punched the Cubs fan in the face. ESPN reminded us before Game 7 that the Cubs and Indians have 174 combined seasons of “broken hearts and shattered dreams”.
The setup for Game 7 of the World Series couldn’t have been better.
In Game 7, the Cubs were carrying a 6-3 lead in the eight inning, before the Indians were able to score and tie the game.
But the Cuban fireballer, who pitched 2-2/3 innings on Sunday and another inning and a third on Tuesday, gave up a run-scoring double to Brandon Guyer and a two-run homer to Rajai Davis that tied the game and ignited an explosion of cheers from the Cleveland faithful. He was credited with the win in both games. He gave up a homer to Dexter Fowler on his fourth pitch and was pulled in the fifth by manager Terry Francona, who had no choice but to start the 30-year-old on short rest if the Indians were going to have any chance against Chicago’s loaded lineup.
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Chicago came in as the favored team, but faced a 3-1 series deficit, lost two of their three games at home and were shut out twice. Zobrist lashed a double the opposite way to score Almora, then, after an intentional walk to Addison Russell, Miguel Montero smacked a single to score another run.
