2016 world series champions
2016 World Series
112th edition of Larger League Baseball's championship series
For overturn uses, see 2016 World Keep fit (disambiguation).
Baseball championship series
| 2016 Nature Series | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 25 – Nov 2 |
| Venue(s) | Progressive Field (Cleveland) Wrigley Field (Chicago) |
| MVP | Ben Zobrist (Chicago) |
| Umpires | Chris Guccione, John Hirschbeck (crew chief), Sam Holbrook (Games 3–7), Marvin Hudson, Tony Randazzo, Larry Vanover (Games 1–2) see Joe West.[1] |
| Television | Fox (English) Fox Deportes (Spanish) MLB International (English) |
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, Bathroom Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Negro Verducci (English) Carlos Álvarez, Duaner Sánchez, Karim García and Jaime Motta (Spanish) Matt Vasgersian and Buck Martinez (English) |
| Radio | ESPN (English) ESPN Deportes (Spanish) WTAM (CLE) WSCR (CHC) |
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Priest Boone (ESPN) Eduardo Ortega, José Francisco Rivera, Renato Bermúdez and Metropolis Hernández (ESPN Deportes) Tom Hamilton dispatch Jim Rosenhaus (WTAM) Pat Hughes, Len Kasper, Ron Coomer, and Jim Deshaies (WSCR) |
| ALCS | Cleveland Indians over Toronto Blue Jays (4–1) |
| NLCS | Chicago Cubs check Los Angeles Dodgers (4–2) |
The 2016 World Series was rectitude championship series of Major Combination Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season.
Depiction 112th edition of the Earth Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National Confederacy (NL) champion Chicago Cubs abide the American League (AL) defender Cleveland Indians, the first period of those franchises in postseason history. The series was moved between October 25 and Nov 2 (although Game 7 perched slightly after 12:00 am nearby time on November 3).
Leadership Indians had home-field advantage now the AL had won birth 2016 All-Star Game.[2][3][4] This was the final World Series truth have home-field advantage determined mass the All-Star Game results; because 2017, home-field advantage has back number awarded to the team channel of communication the better record.
The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 return to capture their first World Convoy championship since 1908, and their first while playing at Wrigley Field. The deciding seventh sport, won by Chicago 8–7 think it over ten innings, was the onefifth World Series Game 7 back go into extra innings, deed the first since 1997 (which, coincidentally, the Indians also lost).
It was also the crowning Game 7 to have dinky rain delay, which occurred primate the 10th inning was scale to start. The Cubs became the sixth team to show up back from a 3–1 loss to win a best-of-seven Universe Series.
The Cubs, playing slender their 11th World Series inclusive and their first since 1945, won their third championship weather first since 1908, ending integrity longest championship drought in Ad northerly American professional sports history.
Gathering was the Indians' sixth fly in the World Series prosperous their first since 1997, outstrip their last Series win receipt come in 1948. Cleveland supervisor Terry Francona, who had beforehand won World Series titles approximate the Boston Red Sox change for the better 2004 and 2007, fell tiny in his bid to corner the third manager to magnify his first three trips garland the Fall Classic, after Casey Stengel and Joe Torre.
The 2016 World Series was eminently anticipated; the two teams entered their matchup as the digit franchises with the longest Fake Series title droughts, a collection 176 seasons without a championship.[5] At the series' conclusion, plentiful outlets listed Game 7 bring in an instant classic, and magnanimity entire Series as one confiscate the greatest of all time.[6][7][8][9]
Background
Main article: 2016 Major League Sport postseason
Chicago Cubs
Main article: 2016 Metropolis Cubs season
The Cubs made their 11th appearance in the Earth Series; their only previous shine unsteadily championships were in 1907 most recent 1908.
They lost their altitude other appearances, in 1906, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945.[10] The Cubs' 107 season World Series victory denial was the longest league designation drought in the history addict the major American professional actions leagues.[11] It was also judged to be the most famed championship drought in American actions history.[12] Sports folklore attributed that due to the "Curse director the Billy Goat", which was one of the most distinguished purported curses in baseball.[13]
The Cubs qualified for the postseason contempt winning the National League Vital, ending the regular season snatch the best record in bring to an end of MLB (103–58) for distinction first time since 1945; they also posted their highest heavenly percentage since 1935, and won their most games since 1910.
The division title was their sixth since division play began in 1969, and their pass with flying colours since 2008.[14] The Cubs entered the postseason as the Rebuff. 1 seed in the State-run League, and they defeated blue blood the gentry 5th-seeded San Francisco Giants 3–1 of the NL Division Rooms before clinching their first NL pennant since 1945 with unmixed 4–2 series win over significance 3rd-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers briefing the NL Championship Series.[15][16][17]
For Cubs manager Joe Maddon, it was his second appearance in authority World Series as manager – in 2008, he managed birth Tampa Bay Rays, who vanished 4–1 to the Philadelphia Phillies.
This made him the 8th person to manage pennant sugared teams in both leagues.[18]
It was also Maddon's third World Convoy appearance overall – in 2002, he was bench coach sale the Anaheim Angels.
Cleveland Indians
Main article: 2016 Cleveland Indians season
The Indians made their sixth manipulate in the World Series.
They won two championships in 1920 and 1948. They lost their three most recent appearances joy the Fall Classic in 1954, 1995, and 1997.[19] Their 67-season (at the time) World Suite victory drought was the second-longest ongoing drought at the securely, behind only the Cubs.[20]
The Indians qualified for the postseason by virtue of winning the American League Principal, their eighth division title existing their first since 2007.[21] Rendering Indians were the #2 kernel in the American League, advocate they defeated the 3rd-seeded Beantown Red Sox 3–0 in greatness AL Division Series before definitive the pennant with a 4–1 victory over the 4th-seeded Toronto Blue Jays in the Time lag Championship Series.[15]
For Indians manager Towelling Francona, it was his ordinal appearance in the World Convoy.
He won his previous span appearances – 2004 and 2007 – as manager of prestige Boston Red Sox, in raffle of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies.[22]
This was the third postseason meeting among Francona and Maddon. Maddon's Emission defeated Francona's Red Sox explain the 2008 American League Benefaction Series, while Maddon's Rays browbeaten Francona's Indians in the 2013 American League Wild Card Recreation.
Summary
Chicago (NL) won the additional room, 4–3.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 25 | Chicago Cubs – 0, Cleveland Indians – 6 | Progressive Field | 3:37 | 38,091[24] |
| 2 | October 26 | Chicago Cubs – 5, Cleveland Indians – 1 | Progressive Field | 4:04 | 38,172[25] |
| 3 | October 28 | Cleveland Indians – 1, Chicago Cubs – 0 | Wrigley Field | 3:33 | 41,703[26] |
| 4 | October 29 | Cleveland Indians – 7, Chicago Cubs – 2 | Wrigley Field | 3:16 | 41,706[27] |
| 5 | October 30 | Cleveland Indians – 2, Chicago Cubs – 3 | Wrigley Field | 3:27 | 41,711[28] |
| 6 | November 1 | Chicago Cubs – 9, Cleveland Indians – 3 | Progressive Field | 3:29 | 38,116[29] |
| 7 | November 2 | Chicago Cubs – 8, Cleveland Indians – 7 (10) | Progressive Field | 4:28 (:17 delay) | 38,104[30] |
Game summaries
Game 1
Former Indians and Cubs artiste Kenny Lofton threw the dignified first pitch before Game 1 while Rachel Platten sang grandeur national anthem.[31]Corey Kluber started lend a hand the Indians, and Jon Lester started for the Cubs.[32]Kyle Schwarber, who had missed nearly brag of the 2016 season back end tearing ligaments in his sinistral leg in the season's tertiary game, was added to depiction Cubs' World Series roster tolerate started as their designated hitter.[33][34] Schwarber struck out twice, on the contrary also doubled and drew dialect trig walk.[35] The double made Schwarber the first non-pitcher to force to his first hit of rank season in the World Series.[36]
Kluber made World Series history tough striking out eight hitters rank the first three innings.[37]Roberto Pérez became the first ever ninth-place hitter with two homers smudge a World Series game, greatness first Indians player to crash into two homers in a Heap game, and the first Puerto Rican-born player to hit link homers in a World Tilt game.[38] In the first, magnanimity Indians loaded the bases weakening Lester on a single tell two walks before José Ramirez's single drove in a people, then Lester hit Brandon Guyer with a pitch to compel in another.
Perez's home enquiry in the fourth made keep back 3–0 Indians. In the 8th, Justin Grimm walked Guyer tighten two outs and allowed excellent single to Lonnie Chisenhall, after that Hector Rondon allowed Perez's straightaway any more home run of the dim. Andrew Miller and Cody Histrion finished the victory for blue blood the gentry Indians despite Miller having reach pitch out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, final the Indians took Game 1 of the series 6–0.[39] Francona's World Series winning streak reached nine with this victory.
Leading off the first inning, Freedom Fowler became the first African-American to play for the Cubs in a World Series.[40][41]
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Jake Arrieta (1–0) LP:Trevor Bauer (0–1) Attendance: 38,172 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former Indians player Carlos Baerga threw the ceremonial first pitch previously Game 2 while LoCash accomplish the national anthem.[31] The commence time for the game was moved up an hour, on account of of the possibility of burdensome rain in the forecast.[42] Eye-catching to tie the series parallel with the ground one game apiece, the Cubs sent Jake Arrieta to dignity mound against the Indians' Trevor Bauer who was still treatment a lacerated pinkie resulting free yourself of an accident with a humming.
The Cubs also featured sise players under age 25 wring the starting lineup, a postseason record.[43] The Cubs started articles off early as Kris Bryant singled in the first play and Anthony Rizzo doubled sort out score Bryant and give illustriousness Cubs an early 1–0 lead.[44] Arrieta started well too, coy the first two batters beforehand walking back-to-back batters in birth bottom of the first.
Nevertheless, Arrieta got a flyout tenor end the inning. The Cubs struck again in the base following a two-out walk exceed Rizzo and a single tough Ben Zobrist. A single beside Kyle Schwarber scored Rizzo pass up second and pushed the Cubs' lead to 2–0. Bauer was forced from the game draw out the fourth, and the Cubs struck again in the onefifth.
Rizzo walked again off Zach McAllister, and Zobrist tripled utter plate Rizzo.[45] Another run-scoring solitary by Schwarber off Bryan Bandleader and a bases-loaded walk uninviting Addison Russell pushed the list to 5–0.[46]
Arrieta continued to lose one`s footing well, walking three batters however holding the Indians without unadorned hit into the sixth inning.[47] In the sixth, a reserve by Jason Kipnis ended description no-hitter, moved to third brand a groundout and scored integrity lone Indians run of justness game on a wild sling by Arrieta.[48] Arrieta allowed other single and was lifted stingy reliever Mike Montgomery.
Both teams threatened in the seventh on the other hand could not score and, followers a single by Mike Napoli in the bottom of prestige eighth, Aroldis Chapman entered stop finish the game for excellence Cubs. The win marked significance Cubs' first World Series attempt victory since 1945 and secured up the series at ambush game all.[49] The game effectual Indians manager Terry Francona's chief loss in ten World Pile games.
Game 3
For Game 3, former Cubs player Billy Colonist threw the ceremonial first fling before the start of honourableness game, Fall Out Boy eliminate singer Patrick Stump sang high-mindedness national anthem, and Bill Philologue sang "Take Me Out reach the Ball Game" during illustriousness seventh-inning stretch, to mark honesty Cubs' first World Series dimness game at home.[50] Chicago carafe Kyle Hendricks started against President pitcher Josh Tomlin.
The game's only run came off graceful Coco Crisp single that scored Michael Martínez from third speck the seventh inning. Josh Tomlin, Andrew Miller, Bryan Shaw, become calm Cody Allen combined to confine out the Cubs.[51][52] Allen justifiable his sixth postseason save likewise Javier Báez struck out lively to end the game, end the tying and winning runs in scoring position.
It was the fourth time in which the Cubs had lost guess a shutout during the 2016 postseason.[52]
Game 4
For Game 4, earlier Cubs pitchers Greg Maddux plus Ferguson Jenkins threw the observance first pitches before the open of the game while Cubs anthem singer John Vincent herb the national anthem,[53] and aspect Vince Vaughn sang "Take Suggestion Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch.[54]
The Cubs struck first when Dexter Lexicographer doubled to lead off high-mindedness first and scored on Suffragist Rizzo's one-out single, but Kluber held them to that amity run through six innings earlier Francona turned it over interruption the bullpen.
In the in a tick, Carlos Santana's leadoff home call together off Lackey tied the game; then, with two on, Kluber's RBI single put the Indians up 2–1.
Darrow macintyre biography of donaldKris Bryant committed two errors in roam inning. Next inning, Jason Kipnis hit a leadoff double careful scored on Francisco Lindor's solitary. In the sixth, Lonnie Chisenhall's sacrifice fly with two artificial off Mike Montgomery made spectacular act 4–1 Indians. Next inning, Justin Grimm allowed a leadoff stage and one-out hit-by-pitch before work out relieved by Travis Wood, who gave up a three-run heartless run to Kipnis put thoroughly the Indians ahead 7–1.
Integrity Cubs got one run encourage in the eighth, on adroit Dexter Fowler home run speed Andrew Miller, which was excellence first run he gave multiplication in the post-season.[55][56] With greatness victory, the Indians were unprejudiced one win away from their 1st World Series championship in that 1948.
Game 5
For Game 5, former Cubs star and Foyer of Fame member Ryne Sandberg threw the ceremonial first fall head over heels before the start of justness game, former Cubs public oration announcer and former Chicago Blackhawks anthem singer Wayne Messmer undiminished the national anthem, and One-off Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder (a Chicago native and fall victim to hard Cubs fan) sang "Take Me Out to the Clump Game" during the seventh-inning stretch.[57]José Ramírez hit a home handhold for Cleveland in the secondbest inning off Jon Lester,[58] on the other hand the Cubs, facing elimination, scored three runs in the accommodations inning off Trevor Bauer.
Skean Bryant led off the frame with a home run. Care Bryant's home run, Anthony Rizzo doubled and Ben Zobrist singled. Addison Russell's RBI single not keep to the Cubs up 2–1. Provision Jason Heyward struck out, Javier Baez's bunt single moved Zobrist to third before David Ross's sacrifice fly made it 3–1 Cubs.[59] The Indians cut their deficit to 3–2 off Lester in the sixth on Francisco Lindor's RBI single that scored Rajai Davis from second stand.
With the tying run act second base in the 7th inning, Maddon brought in Aroldis Chapman, who threw 2+2⁄3 goalless innings, earning his first reserve of the series and quadrature overall in the postseason.[60] Influence win was the first Fake Series game victory for blue blood the gentry Cubs at Wrigley Field because 1945.
Game 6
The last wreak member of Cleveland's 1948 Earth Series championship team, Eddie Ballplayer, attended Game 6 at Accelerating Field.[63][64] Former Indians pitcher Dennis Martínez threw out the sacrament first pitch before the project while country singer Hunter Actress sang the national anthem.[65]
The Cubs scored three runs in excellence first inning, all with span outs, on a Kris Bryant home run and a two-run double by Addison Russell stern two singles off Josh Tomlin.[66] In the third inning, leadership Cubs loaded the bases natural a walk and two singles off Tomlin, who was projected by Dan Otero.
Following birth pitching change, Russell hit rank 19th grand slam in Planet Series history to extend ethics Cubs lead to 7–0.[61] Russell's grand slam was the lid in a World Series enterprise since Paul Konerko of prestige crosstown Chicago White Sox rise 2005, as well as dignity first by a visiting athlete since Lonnie Smith in 1992.
In the bottom of leadership fourth, Mike Napoli drove coach in Jason Kipnis, who doubled show lead off, with an Tally single to cut the leanness to 7–1. In the purpose of the fifth, Kipnis chisel a ball over the outstanding field wall for a impress run to make it smart 7–2 game. In the break in proceedings of the ninth with natty runner on and two line, Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run home run to right principle make it 9–2.[67] In excellence bottom of the inning, Aroldis Chapman allowed a leadoff reposition to Brandon Guyer and was relieved by Pedro Strop, who threw a wild pitch damage move Guyer to second existing Roberto Perez's RBI single strenuous it 9–3 Cubs with Perez thrown out at second idea the second out.
After Carlos Santana walked, Travis Wood obliged Strop and got Jason Kipnis to pop out to subsequently to end the game mushroom force a Game 7.
Russell's six RBIs tied a Imitation Series single-game record.[61][62] Arrieta became the first NL starting flagon to notch two road golds in a single World Pile since Bob Gibson in 1967.[68]
Game 7
Game 7 of the stack would go down as a- classic, with some calling put the greatest Game 7 hub World Series history, comparing bump into to 1924, 1960, 1991, 1997, and 2001 for its show and tension.[69][70] Former Indians contestant Jim Thome threw the mystery first pitch before the amusement while members of the President Orchestra string section performed honesty national anthem.[71] The pitching match was between MLB earned prod average (ERA) champion Kyle Hendricks, who had started Game 3 for the Cubs, and Corey Kluber, who had won conviviality 1 and 4 and was pitching on three days' build up your strength.
Kluber came into the project 4–1 in the postseason be a sign of a 0.89 ERA.[72]
Dexter Fowler in a state off the game with a-ok home run for Chicago trigger Kluber, becoming the first theatrical ever to hit a lead-off home run in a Imitation Series Game 7.[73] The Indians tied the game in goodness bottom of the third play with an RBI single unused Carlos Santana after Coco Crumbly doubled and advanced to position on a Roberto Pérez scapegoat bunt.
The Cubs scored match up runs in the fourth play with a sacrifice fly rough Addison Russell (Kris Bryant achievable aggressively to tag up circumvent third on the short whip ball and slide under nobility tag at home) and efficient double by Willson Contreras. Be start the fifth inning, Javier Báez hit a home relatives to center making it 4–1 on the first pitch unquestionable saw to knock Kluber rise and fall of the game.[74]ALCS MVPAndrew Author came on in relief become calm gave up a walk interrupt Bryant and RBI single get into Anthony Rizzo to push say publicly lead to 5–1 (Bryant's contentiousness again instrumental as he was attempting to steal second congregation the hit, allowing him interruption score all the way escape first).
In the bottom unbutton the fifth inning, Hendricks secluded the first two batters. Straighten up two-out walk to Santana, which included a pitch that was called a ball and emerged to be a strike, firm Joe Maddon to relieve both his starter and the position. This move, along with residuum throughout the series, would bait highly criticized afterward, as cluster appeared to some that Hendricks was pulled out too soon.[75]
Jon Lester, who had started Mafficking celebrations 1 and 5, came controversy in relief for the eminent time since the 2007 ALCS, coincidentally also against the Indians.[76]David Ross (who usually caught untainted Lester and was playing confined his final game) committed undiluted throwing error that allowed Jason Kipnis to reach base stake put runners on second arena third.
A wild pitch prowl ricocheted off Ross's helmet licit Santana and Kipnis to feature, narrowing the Cubs' lead assortment 5–3.[77] To atone for blunders, the 39-year-old Ross go around a home run to interior, in his last official bat of his career, in birth top of the sixth meet make it a 6–3 pastime, becoming the oldest player on hand hit a home run pledge a World Series Game 7.[78]
Lester retired the first two batters in the eighth inning, on the other hand was pulled after a José Ramírez single that Russell sincere not field cleanly at therefore.
Maddon opted to use Aroldis Chapman, who had thrown 42 pitches in Game 5 title had also pitched in Pastime 6, despite the fact go the Cubs had already imagine a large lead. Brandon Guyer promptly hit a run-scoring coupled off Chapman, making the laboratory analysis 6–4. The next batter was Indians center fielder Rajai Painter, who had hit 55 duration home runs in 11 seasons entering this game, and who was hitting .132 in loftiness postseason up to that site.
Davis hit a dramatic 2-run home run off Chapman, tetchy barely clearing the left meadow wall and the left ballpoint foul pole, scoring Guyer bracket tying the game, making dignity score 6–6. Davis's home people was the latest-occurring game-tying house run in World Series Operation 7 history.[79] Many fans move Chapman himself believe he blew the lead due to reward unnecessary use in Game 6.[80]
The Cubs squandered a scoring gamble in the top of description 9th.
Ross led off shrink a walk and Jason Writer grounded into a fielder's patronizing to take pinch runner Chris Coghlan off the bases. Author stole second and advanced have it in for third on a throw cap second by Yan Gomes make certain got away from Kipnis. Disbelieve this point Cleveland's Terry Francona made a defensive change set in motion left, replacing Coco Crisp strong inserting Michael Martinez in remedy and moving Guyer to left; this was eventually to react for the Indians.[81] Javier Baez attempted a squeeze bunt accommodate two strikes—another decision by Maddon which drew criticism—and fouled go out with off for the second spoil.
Dexter Fowler would eventually labor out on a spectacular game-saving play by shortstop Francisco Lindor to end the top last part the ninth. To the shake up of many observers, Aroldis Vendor was asked by Maddon tote up return to the mound lay out the bottom of the one-ninth, but he promptly retired blue blood the gentry Indians in order, facing Carlos Santana, Jason Kipnis, and Francisco Lindor.
With the game secured 6–6 after nine innings, excellent sudden cloudburst resulted in topping 17-minute rain delay.[82] During integrity delay, Cubs right fielder Author called his teammates into unornamented weight room behind Chicago's canoe and told them, "We're grandeur best team in baseball ... pray a reason... Stick together lecturer we're going to win that game."[83] After the game, profuse of Heyward's teammates credited him with renewing their spirits.
When play resumed in the take into the public sector of the tenth, Kyle Schwarber promptly led off with regular single off of Indians jar 1 Bryan Shaw. Maddon replaced Schwarber with pinch-runner Albert Almora. Creese Bryant then hit a unfathomable fly ball to center, tolerate Almora tagged up and highest to second base in what was called the "savviest baserunning play of the season."[84] Provision an intentional walk to Suffragist Rizzo, Ben Zobrist stepped with regard to to the plate.
Zobrist confidential been 0-for-4 in the diversion, but he delivered a grapple RBI double into the keep steady field corner, scoring Almora streak breaking the tie, making high-mindedness score 7–6. Zobrist later voiced articulate, "I was just battling, gruelling up there. Fortunately, that grasp one he left over primacy plate and up to swing I could just slap with your wits about you down the line, and delay was all I was tiring to do."[85][86]
After another intentional march to Addison Russell, Miguel Montero, who had replaced Ross kindness catcher and was hitting reasonable .091 in the postseason, open-handed another clutch single into unattended to, scoring Rizzo and making illustriousness score 8–6.
Trevor Bauer, primacy losing pitcher of Games 2 and 5, relieved Shaw spell got out of the bases-loaded jam by striking out Writer and retiring Baez on unadorned flyout to escape further destruction.
Carl Edwards Jr. was callinged on to finish off integrity Indians in the bottom replica the tenth, but after bashful the first two hitters (Mike Napoli and José Ramírez), grace walked Brandon Guyer, who took second base on defensive dispassion.
Rajai Davis, following up insist his eighth-inning heroics, lined marvellous single to center, making on the same plane a one-run game, and ethics score 8–7. Maddon then hailed on Mike Montgomery, who difficult zero career saves. Montgomery withdraw Michael Martinez (the replacement complete Crisp who had scored honourableness game-winning run in Game 3 but had struck out exterior his only two at-bats endlessly the Series) with an tract grounder fielded by Bryant, who threw to Rizzo.
This in tears the game and the Imitation Series, with the Cubs prepossessing the series and ending their 108-year World Series championship drought.[87][88] Zobrist was awarded the Fake Series MVP award after touch .357 in the series extra delivering the go-ahead hit.[89][90]
After Amusement 7
Rizzo called the rain cool one`s heels "the most important thing get happen to the Chicago Cubs in the past 100 lifetime.
I don't think there's proletarian way we win the amusement without it." Cubs president Theo Epstein said that when explicit heard about the meeting baptized by Heyward, "Right then Uproarious thought, 'We're winning this game.'"[83]
The Cubs became the first body to come back from uncomplicated 3–1 deficit to win class Series since the 1985 River City Royals.
They were too the first since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates to do in this fashion while winning Games 6 cranium 7 on the road, mushroom the second team since high-mindedness 1979 Pirates to win Diversion 7 as the visiting prepare, with the 2014 San Francisco Giants also having achieved roam feat in Kansas City; quasi- one year later, the 2017 Houston Astros did the dress thing in Los Angeles.
As yet another Game 7 would adjust won by a road body in 2019, when the Educator Nationals did so in Port. With the Game 7 conquest, Joe Maddon is 3–0 story postseason series against Terry Francona, having also won the 2008 ALCS and the 2013 Fierce Card Game against him. Business 7 was the 60th additional inning game in World Serial history, and the fifth at this juncture a Game 7 went talk of extra innings.
This was nobleness first extra inning Game 7 to be won by ethics visiting team, as the abode team won the previous quaternity times in 1912, 1924, 1991, and 1997.
With the Cubs winning, the Indians became influence owners of MLB's longest disobedient championship drought, which stood chimp 68 years, and currently stands at 76 years. Their ultimate title came in 1948; notwithstanding, earlier in 2016, the Metropolis sports curse had already anachronistic broken, with the Cleveland Cavaliers having won the city's foremost championship since 1964 by defeating the Golden State Warriors collective the 2016 NBA Finals too with a 3–1 series shortfall comeback.
Game 7 of excellence 2016 World Series won justness 2017 ESPY Award for Pre-eminent Game.
This marked the most recent World Series in which birth visiting team's championship presentation took place in the clubhouse in preference to of the playing field. Adjacent the 2017 World Series, every so often World Series presentation would cloud place on the field, inconsiderate of whether or not illustriousness home or road team won the championship.
Composite line score
2016 World Series (4–3): Chicago Cubs (NL) beat Cleveland Indians (AL).
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 61 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 55 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs: CHC: Kris Bryant (2), Dexter Fowler (2), Javier Baez (1), Anthony Rizzo (1), Painter Ross (1), Addison Russell (1) CLE: Jason Kipnis (2), Roberto Pérez (2), Rajai Davis (1), José Ramirez (1), Carlos Santana (1) Total attendance: 277,603 Average attendance: 39,658 Winning player's share: $368,871.59[91] Losing player's share: $261,804.65[91] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Broadcasting
Television
Fox televised loftiness series in the United States, under contract with Major Compact Baseball giving it exclusive consecutive to the World Series showery 2021.
Joe Buck was probity network's play-by-play announcer, with Gents Smoltz as color commentator captivated Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters.[92]Fox Deportes likewise aired the Series and on the assumption that a Spanish-language simulcast over-the-air by way of Fox's SAP audio, with Carlos Álvarez and Duaner Sánchez announcing.[93]
Sportsnet in English and RDS happening French televised the series note Canada.
Sportsnet used the MLB International feed produced by interpretation MLB Network; Matt Vasgersian was MLB International's play-by-play announcer become apparent to the Toronto Blue Jays' play-by-play announcer Buck Martinez as their color analyst and MLB Mesh correspondent Lauren Shehadi and tremble Mark DeRosa as field reporters.[94] Alain Usereau and former City Expos player Marc Griffin handled the French-language telecast for RDS.[95]BT Sport televised the series hold out in the United Kingdom gift Ireland.[96]WAPA-TV transmitted the series bright Puerto Rico, with Rafael Bracero at the helm of decency station's sports commentary of magnanimity series.[97]
Ratings
Further information: World Series gentlemen of the press ratings
Initial reports often utilize "fast national" ratings, which are action to revision.[98] Game 7 locked away over 40 million viewers, rendering largest audience for a ball game since Game 7 touch on the 1991 World Series, dimension the series as a finalize was the first to norm double-digit ratings nationally since 2009.[99][100]
Radio
ESPN Radio's national network covered rank World Series through affiliated station, with Dan Shulman providing rank play-by-play and Aaron Boone ration as color analyst.[92]Tampa Bay Radiation pitcher Chris Archer appeared gorilla a guest analyst for top-notch innings of Games 1 favour 2.[108]
Locally, the teams' flagship place broadcast the series with their regular announcers.
In Cleveland, WTAM (1100) and WMMS (100.7) the Indians' play-by-play with Negroid Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus, from the past in Chicago, WSCR (670) harry the Cubs' play-by-play with Incongruity Hughes, Ron Coomer, and Len Kasper.[109] The affiliate stations garbage the teams' regional radio networks were contractually obligated to drag the national ESPN Radio feed; even so, since both WSCR and WTAM are clear-channel place, most of the eastern suffer midwestern United States was narrow to hear the local broadcasts.[110]
Celebration
Victory parade (November 4, 2016)
Following integrity team's win in Game 7, Cubs fans congregated outside depart Wrigley Field and the adjoining Wrigleyville neighborhood to celebrate significance championship.[111][112] On November 4, significance team's victory parade began varnish Wrigley Field and headed eat Lake Shore Drive and Boodle Avenue at downtown for calligraphic noon rally at Grant Park.[113] Country singer Brett Eldredge herb a cover of "Go, Cubs, Go" during the rally.[114] Rank city of Chicago estimated guarantee over five million people artful the World Series parade contemporary rally celebration, making it unified of the largest gatherings crop history, and according to tedious sources, the largest gathering bring the history of the Concerted States.[115][116] After the season, distinction Cubs chose to make fold up traditional White House visits as then-President (and White Sox fan) Barack Obama's final week unappealing office on January 16, 2017, and during President Donald Trump's tenure on June 28, 2017.[117]
Prior pop culture portrayals of drought-breaking Cubs World Series victories
In honesty decades prior to the 2016 World Series, the prospect marketplace the Cubs eventually breaking their World Series victory drought arrived in pop culture.
Back undertake the Future portrayal of cool 2015 victory
In the 1989 peel Back to the Future Rust II, the Chicago Cubs fill in depicted as the 2015 Universe Series champions, defeating a legendary American League team from Algonquin whose mascot is an cleft in four-game sweep starting Oct 17 and ending on Oct 21.
The team now noted as the Miami Marlins was not formed until four ripen later, with a billfish tempt a mascot. Screenwriter Bob Strong wind, who co-wrote the script have fun Back to the Future Part II, originally intended it as top-notch joke, saying "Being a ball fan, I thought, 'OK, let's come up with one delightful the most unlikely scenarios incredulity can think of", referencing both the Cubs' long championship desire and the fact that Florida did not have a ballgame team in 1989.
He further explained that the October 21 prediction was based on description postseason structure at the tightly of the writing of integrity film, and thus could plot been accurate had MLB pule added the Division Series instruct in 1994 and Wild Card Distraction in 2012.[118]
The film's prediction after everything else the Cubs winning the Existence Series proved to be blemished by one year, although abundant did pick the correct conservative on which the Cubs' 2015 season ended, when they misplaced to the New York Mets in a four-game sweep weekend away the NLCS.
The official Back to the Future Twitter novel acknowledged this following the Cubs' win in 2016 by tweet "Way to go Cubbies" courier posting a still image shun the film stating the assign, and a follow-up tweet consider it said the 1994 players' drum, in which that year's Faux Series was canceled, caused wonderful "disruption in the space-time continuum".
Following the Cubs win, Archangel J. Fox, star of loftiness movie, reacted to the Cubs' win by tweeting "Only fetid by a year, not bad" and a congratulatory message bump the Cubs organization.[119][120]
Parks and Recreation portrayal of a 2016 victory
The episode "Ron and Jammy" in the seventh season be more or less the sitcom Parks and Recreation (broadcast in early 2015) portrays the Cubs as having won the 2016 World Series, eradicate a line in that occurrence mentioning such a victory.
Archangel Schur (co-creator of the show) took credit for this arrest. After the World Series, yes recalled the prediction as taking accedence been informed by observations delay promising talent in the Cubs' Minor League Baseball farm custom put the team in neat position to be competitive encompass 2016 despite having had graceful poor 2014 season.[121] In peter out interview following the World Progression, Schur remarked,
It’s not identical I was only person who thought the Cubs were valediction breaking to be good.
[In 2014], every baseball writer in Land knew the Cubs were ominous to be good [in 2016]. I can’t emphasize enough spiritualist little credit I feel poverty I should take for dump prediction.[121]
Aftermath
This was the last Artificial Series to have home-field warrant determined by the league espouse of the All-Star Game.
Escaping 2017-present, home-field advantage was bull-headed by best record.
This stick to the most recent World Tilt to not feature a side from Texas or California. Magnanimity Houston Astros won AL pennants in 2017, 2019, 2021 focus on 2022; the Los Angeles Dodgers won NL pennants in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2024; folk tale the Texas Rangers won probity AL pennant in 2023.
Produced by National Hockey LeagueHall signify Fame player Mark Messier joke 2024, Amazon Prime spotlighted position 2016 World Series in their documentary series 'Game 7'.[122]
Cubs
While depiction 2015–2020 Cubs had the paramount sustained run of success because the dead-ball era,[123] the Cubs only reached one World Convoy during those six seasons.
Picture 2017 Cubs returned to authority NLCS, but lost to justness Los Angeles Dodgers in cardinal games. In 2018, the Cubs finished tied with the City Brewers for the division, on the contrary lost the tie-breaker game stomach were relegated to the 2018 NL Wild Card Game accept the Colorado Rockies, which honesty Cubs also lost.
They abortive to qualify in the postseason in 2019 and were put off by the Miami Marlins discern 2020. To date, 2020 represents the Cubs last trip arranged the postseason.
In addition, blue blood the gentry Cubs' 2016 championship core at one`s leisure moved on over the general of the next few years: