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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.
Jonah Heim ended the season opener for the World Series champion Texas Rangers with a 10th-inning RBI single, after not finishing a play on a disputed foul tip that had given the Chicago Cubs the ...
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 ...
Game 4, October 10 George Vukovich, Philadelphia: Veterans Stadium: Jeff Reardon, Montreal: 5–5, 10th 0 out 0 on 6–5 2–2 Vukovich pinch-hits a 2–0 pitch to right field leading off the tenth inning, tying the series. 1995 ALDS: Game 1, October 3 Tony Peña, Cleveland: Jacobs Field: Zane Smith, Boston: 4–4, 13th 2 out 0 on 5–4 1–0 CLE
Santana sliced a José Cuas sinker into left field to score the winning run without a throw in the bottom of the 10th. Two great defensive plays by Swanson in the ninth forced extras.
After being beaten in Game 3 7–1, the Cubs lost Game 4 when Smith, with the game tied 5–5, allowed a game-winning home run to Garvey in the bottom of the ninth inning. In Game 5 the Cubs took a 3–0 lead into the 6th inning, and a 3–2 lead into the seventh with Sutcliffe (who won the Cy Young Award that year) still on the mound. Then ...
Morel stayed locked in on the scene as Chicago Cubs coaches and teammates grabbed their stuff to head into the clubhouse. The Brewers, with the division title wrapped up and nothing to play for ...
The Texas Rangers began their title defense with a 10th inning win against the Cubs. ... but Heim deposited the ball into center field to end the game. David Robertson (1-0) worked out of a bases ...