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It was the first playoff series won by the Cubs since the 1908 World Series. Both teams split the first two games in Atlanta. When the series shifted to Chicago, Mark Prior pitched a two-hit complete game as the Cubs won 3–1 to go up 2–1 in the series. The Braves held off a late rally by the Cubs in Game 4 to force a fifth game back in Atlanta.
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.
It was also the Dodgers' first game-winning World Series home run since Kirk Gibson in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. The game took longer to play than the entire 1939 World Series, which had seven hours and five minutes of total playing time over four games. [52] Until Game 1 of the 2022 World Series, this was the last World Series game to ...
Game 3 of the World Series is Monday night in Phoenix with the series tied 1-1.
The Cubs cruised to an 8–3 victory, putting them just one victory away from their first World Series in nearly 60 years. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] This 2003 victory turned out to be the last playoff game won by the Cubs for 12 years, a span of 9 consecutive losses until finally winning the National League Wild Card Game in 2015, as well as their last win ...
November 1: World Series Game 6 (if necessary) November 2: World Series Game 7 (if necessary) This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2024 MLB playoff schedule: Bracket, dates, time, TV for ...
The 2003 World Series (also known as the Centennial World Series) was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2003 season. [1] The 99th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees; the Marlins upset the heavily-favored Yankees, four games to two.
The six game-tying home runs in the series to this point is the most for any World Series on record. [54] This World Series set a new record for most players to hit a home run (14 to date in the World Series). With the teams combining to score 25 runs throughout the game, this was the highest scoring World Series game since the Florida Marlins ...