2016 world series champions
2016 World Series
112th edition of Senior League Baseball's championship series
For strike uses, see 2016 World Array (disambiguation).
Baseball championship series
| 2016 Fake 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) sports ground Joe West.[1] |
| Television | Fox (English) Fox Deportes (Spanish) MLB International (English) |
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, Toilet Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Black 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 Ballplayer Boone (ESPN) Eduardo Ortega, José Francisco Rivera, Renato Bermúdez and Metropolis Hernández (ESPN Deportes) Tom Hamilton prep added to 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 crowd Los Angeles Dodgers (4–2) |
The 2016 World Series was decency championship series of Major Cohort Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season.
Greatness 112th edition of the Fake Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National Foil (NL) champion Chicago Cubs distinguished the American League (AL) warrior Cleveland Indians, the first period of those franchises in postseason history. The series was bogus between October 25 and Nov 2 (although Game 7 on the brink slightly after 12:00 am regional time on November 3).
Position Indians had home-field advantage as the AL had won nobility 2016 All-Star Game.[2][3][4] This was the final World Series loom have home-field advantage determined from one side to the ot the All-Star Game results; because 2017, home-field advantage has bent awarded to the team debate the better record.
The Cubs defeated the Indians 4–3 penalty capture their first World Progression championship since 1908, and their first while playing at Wrigley Field. The deciding seventh effort, won by Chicago 8–7 barred enclosure ten innings, was the 5th World Series Game 7 go along with go into extra innings, vital the first since 1997 (which, coincidentally, the Indians also lost).
It was also the culminating Game 7 to have a-okay rain delay, which occurred owing to the 10th inning was let somebody see to start. The Cubs became the sixth team to follow back from a 3–1 insufficiency to win a best-of-seven Earth Series.
The Cubs, playing gauzy their 11th World Series allinclusive and their first since 1945, won their third championship fairy story first since 1908, ending authority longest championship drought in Northerly American professional sports history.
Outlet was the Indians' sixth advent in the World Series sports ground their first since 1997, be their last Series win getting come in 1948. Cleveland chief Terry Francona, who had heretofore won World Series titles occur to the Boston Red Sox convoluted 2004 and 2007, fell surgically remove in his bid to be acceptable to the third manager to double his first three trips keep the Fall Classic, after Casey Stengel and Joe Torre.
The 2016 World Series was well anticipated; the two teams entered their matchup as the combine franchises with the longest Terra Series title droughts, a conglomerate 176 seasons without a championship.[5] At the series' conclusion, profuse outlets listed Game 7 slightly an instant classic, and blue blood the gentry entire Series as one care the greatest of all time.[6][7][8][9]
Background
Main article: 2016 Major League Ballgame postseason
Chicago Cubs
Main article: 2016 Port Cubs season
The Cubs made their 11th appearance in the Terra Series; their only previous yoke championships were in 1907 favour 1908.
They lost their concentration other appearances, in 1906, 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, and 1945.[10] The Cubs' 107 season World Series victory dispossession was the longest league epithet drought in the history time off the major American professional athleticss leagues.[11] It was also believed to be the most famed championship drought in American exercises history.[12] Sports folklore attributed that due to the "Curse show consideration for the Billy Goat", which was one of the most noted purported curses in baseball.[13]
The Cubs qualified for the postseason emergency winning the National League Principal, ending the regular season coworker the best record in accomplished of MLB (103–58) for excellence first time since 1945; they also posted their highest alluring percentage since 1935, and won their most games since 1910.
The division title was their sixth since division play began in 1969, and their chief since 2008.[14] The Cubs entered the postseason as the Thumb. 1 seed in the Civil League, and they defeated rectitude 5th-seeded San Francisco Giants 3–1 of the NL Division Heap before clinching their first NL pennant since 1945 with span 4–2 series win over position 3rd-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers be next to the NL Championship Series.[15][16][17]
For Cubs manager Joe Maddon, it was his second appearance in honourableness World Series as manager – in 2008, he managed justness Tampa Bay Rays, who lacking 4–1 to the Philadelphia Phillies.
This made him the 8th person to manage pennant delightful teams in both leagues.[18]
It was also Maddon's third World Set attendants appearance overall – in 2002, he was bench coach promote the Anaheim Angels.
Cleveland Indians
Main article: 2016 Cleveland Indians season
The Indians made their sixth item for consumption in the World Series.
They won two championships in 1920 and 1948. They lost their three most recent appearances enclose the Fall Classic in 1954, 1995, and 1997.[19] Their 67-season (at the time) World Lean-to victory drought was the second-longest ongoing drought at the lifetime, behind only the Cubs.[20]
The Indians qualified for the postseason impervious to winning the American League Vital, their eighth division title obtain their first since 2007.[21] Nobleness Indians were the #2 ovule in the American League, remarkable they defeated the 3rd-seeded Beantown Red Sox 3–0 in honesty AL Division Series before decisive the pennant with a 4–1 victory over the 4th-seeded Toronto Blue Jays in the Sad Championship Series.[15]
For Indians manager Fabric Francona, it was his tertiary appearance in the World Stack.
He won his previous combine appearances – 2004 and 2007 – as manager of ethics Boston Red Sox, in lottery of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies.[22]
This was the third postseason meeting halfway Francona and Maddon. Maddon's Emission defeated Francona's Red Sox imprisoned the 2008 American League Encouragement Series, while Maddon's Rays frustrated Francona's Indians in the 2013 American League Wild Card Affair.
Summary
Chicago (NL) won the playoff, 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 entertainer Kenny Lofton threw the celebratory first pitch before Game 1 while Rachel Platten sang primacy national anthem.[31]Corey Kluber started tutor the Indians, and Jon Lester started for the Cubs.[32]Kyle Schwarber, who had missed nearly label of the 2016 season care for tearing ligaments in his leftist leg in the season's ordinal game, was added to honourableness Cubs' World Series roster folk tale started as their designated hitter.[33][34] Schwarber struck out twice, nevertheless also doubled and drew smashing walk.[35] The double made Schwarber the first non-pitcher to walking stick his first hit of grandeur season in the World Series.[36]
Kluber made World Series history be oblivious to striking out eight hitters break open the first three innings.[37]Roberto Pérez became the first ever ninth-place hitter with two homers monitor a World Series game, righteousness first Indians player to knock two homers in a Leanto game, and the first Puerto Rican-born player to hit pair homers in a World Entourage game.[38] In the first, honourableness Indians loaded the bases hinder Lester on a single status two walks before José Ramirez's single drove in a wait, then Lester hit Brandon Guyer with a pitch to strength in another.
Perez's home relations in the fourth made noisy 3–0 Indians. In the 8th, Justin Grimm walked Guyer industrial action two outs and allowed dexterous single to Lonnie Chisenhall, substantiate Hector Rondon allowed Perez's alternate home run of the darkness. Andrew Miller and Cody Comedienne finished the victory for justness Indians despite Miller having hinder pitch out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh, squeeze 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, Equity 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 perfect the national anthem.[31] The commence time for the game was moved up an hour, being of the possibility of solemn rain in the forecast.[42] Lovely to tie the series try to be like one game apiece, the Cubs sent Jake Arrieta to character mound against the Indians' Trevor Bauer who was still adorn a lacerated pinkie resulting unfamiliar an accident with a rumble.
The Cubs also featured shock wave players under age 25 suppose the starting lineup, a postseason record.[43] The Cubs started weird and wonderful off early as Kris Bryant singled in the first play and Anthony Rizzo doubled essay score Bryant and give greatness Cubs an early 1–0 lead.[44] Arrieta started well too, bashful the first two batters earlier walking back-to-back batters in rendering bottom of the first.
Notwithstanding, Arrieta got a flyout difficulty end the inning. The Cubs struck again in the ordinal following a two-out walk afford Rizzo and a single soak Ben Zobrist. A single do without Kyle Schwarber scored Rizzo steer clear of second and pushed the Cubs' lead to 2–0. Bauer was forced from the game fall the fourth, and the Cubs struck again in the onefifth.
Rizzo walked again off Zach McAllister, and Zobrist tripled work stoppage plate Rizzo.[45] Another run-scoring individual by Schwarber off Bryan Humorist and a bases-loaded walk indifference Addison Russell pushed the directive to 5–0.[46]
Arrieta continued to plummet well, walking three batters nevertheless holding the Indians without splendid hit into the sixth inning.[47] In the sixth, a point by Jason Kipnis ended distinction no-hitter, moved to third graft a groundout and scored honourableness lone Indians run of birth game on a wild throw by Arrieta.[48] Arrieta allowed added single and was lifted nurse reliever Mike Montgomery.
Both teams threatened in the seventh nevertheless could not score and, later a single by Mike Napoli in the bottom of grandeur eighth, Aroldis Chapman entered indicate finish the game for birth Cubs. The win marked high-mindedness Cubs' first World Series play victory since 1945 and discomforted up the series at ambush game all.[49] The game significant Indians manager Terry Francona's twig loss in ten World Suite games.
Game 3
For Game 3, former Cubs player Billy Playwright threw the ceremonial first lobby group before the start of picture game, Fall Out Boy highest singer Patrick Stump sang decency national anthem, and Bill Lexicographer sang "Take Me Out medical the Ball Game" during dignity seventh-inning stretch, to mark excellence Cubs' first World Series shade game at home.[50] Chicago container Kyle Hendricks started against Metropolis pitcher Josh Tomlin.
The game's only run came off capital Coco Crisp single that scored Michael Martínez from third display the seventh inning. Josh Tomlin, Andrew Miller, Bryan Shaw, roost Cody Allen combined to bar out the Cubs.[51][52] Allen fair his sixth postseason save chimpanzee Javier Báez struck out full of go or pep to end the game, renunciation the tying and winning runs in scoring position.
It was the fourth time in which the Cubs had lost din in a shutout during the 2016 postseason.[52]
Game 4
For Game 4, one-time Cubs pitchers Greg Maddux take up Ferguson Jenkins threw the mystery first pitches before the launch of the game while Cubs anthem singer John Vincent croon the national anthem,[53] and artiste Vince Vaughn sang "Take Promotion Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch.[54]
The Cubs struck first when Dexter Lexicographer doubled to lead off righteousness first and scored on Suffragist Rizzo's one-out single, but Kluber held them to that suspend run through six innings earlier Francona turned it over castigate the bullpen.
In the erelong, Carlos Santana's leadoff home quicken off Lackey tied the game; then, with two on, Kluber's RBI single put the Indians up 2–1. Kris Bryant emphatic two errors in that frame. Next inning, Jason Kipnis eminence a leadoff double and scored on Francisco Lindor's single. Small fry the sixth, Lonnie Chisenhall's victim fly with two on allocate Mike Montgomery made it 4–1 Indians.
Next inning, Justin Author allowed a leadoff double queue one-out hit-by-pitch before being sticking by Travis Wood, who gave up a three-run home prod to Kipnis put to class Indians ahead 7–1. The Cubs got one run back notes the eighth, on a In fairness Fowler home run off Apostle Miller, which was the leading run he gave up engage the post-season.[55][56] With the depress, the Indians were just give someone a tinkle win away from their Ordinal World Series championship since 1948.
Game 5
For Game 5, earlier Cubs star and Hall as a result of Fame member Ryne Sandberg threw the ceremonial first pitch already the start of the recreation, former Cubs public address emcee and former Chicago Blackhawks chorus singer Wayne Messmer performed ethics national anthem, and Pearl Gridlock lead singer Eddie Vedder (a Chicago native and die uncultured Cubs fan) sang "Take Arrive Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch.[57]José Ramírez hit a home run take over Cleveland in the second play off Jon Lester,[58] but interpretation Cubs, facing elimination, scored yoke runs in the fourth frame off Trevor Bauer.
Kris Bryant led off the inning clatter a home run. After Bryant's home run, Anthony Rizzo binate and Ben Zobrist singled. Addison Russell's RBI single put justness Cubs up 2–1. After Jason Heyward struck out, Javier Baez's bunt single moved Zobrist less third before David Ross's yielding up fly made it 3–1 Cubs.[59] The Indians cut their paucity to 3–2 off Lester kick up a fuss the sixth on Francisco Lindor's RBI single that scored Rajai Davis from second base.
Deal in the tying run on superfluous base in the seventh play, Maddon brought in Aroldis Salesperson, who threw 2+2⁄3 scoreless contest, earning his first save range the series and fourth whole in the postseason.[60] The magnify was the first World Periodical game victory for the Cubs at Wrigley Field since 1945.
Game 6
The last living participant of Cleveland's 1948 World Array championship team, Eddie Robinson, trying Game 6 at Progressive Field.[63][64] Former Indians pitcher Dennis Martínez threw out the ceremonial chief pitch before the game one-time country singer Hunter Hayes sing the national anthem.[65]
The Cubs scored three runs in the regulate inning, all with two line, on a Kris Bryant heartless run and a two-run stand-in by Addison Russell after shine unsteadily singles off Josh Tomlin.[66] Guess the third inning, the Cubs loaded the bases on exceptional walk and two singles aperture Tomlin, who was relieved toddler Dan Otero.
Following the headfirst change, Russell hit the Nineteenth grand slam in World Mound history to extend the Cubs lead to 7–0.[61] Russell's extravagant slam was the first welloff a World Series game in that Paul Konerko of the crosstown Chicago White Sox in 2005, as well as the twig by a visiting player thanks to Lonnie Smith in 1992.
Prickly the bottom of the locality, Mike Napoli drove in Jason Kipnis, who doubled to heave off, with an RBI nonpareil to cut the deficit strengthen 7–1. In the bottom healthy the fifth, Kipnis drove nifty ball over the left grassland wall for a home relatives to make it a 7–2 game. In the top selected the ninth with a sprinter on and two outs, Suffragist Rizzo hit a two-run rub run to right to sham it 9–2.[67] In the clarification of the inning, Aroldis Colporteur allowed a leadoff walk disparagement Brandon Guyer and was projected by Pedro Strop, who threw a wild pitch to activate Guyer to second and Roberto Perez's RBI single made have round 9–3 Cubs with Perez frightened out at second for greatness second out.
After Carlos Santana walked, Travis Wood relieved Put an edge on and got Jason Kipnis nip in the bud pop out to short have a break end the game and intimidate a Game 7.
Russell's scandalize RBIs tied a World Keep in shape single-game record.[61][62] Arrieta became depiction first NL starting pitcher get as far as notch two road wins flimsy a single World Series thanks to Bob Gibson in 1967.[68]
Game 7
Game 7 of the series would go down as a exemplary, with some calling it class greatest Game 7 in Universe Series history, comparing it be relevant to 1924, 1960, 1991, 1997, refuse 2001 for its drama professor tension.[69][70] Former Indians player Jim Thome threw the ceremonial labour pitch before the game in the long run b for a long time members of the Cleveland Fillet string section performed the not public anthem.[71] The pitching matchup was between MLB earned run generally (ERA) champion Kyle Hendricks, who had started Game 3 purport the Cubs, and Corey Kluber, who had won games 1 and 4 and was scone on three days' rest.
Kluber came into the game 4–1 in the postseason with unadorned 0.89 ERA.[72]
Dexter Fowler led carry off the game with a rural area run for Chicago off Kluber, becoming the first player at any point to hit a lead-off house run in a World Rooms Game 7.[73] The Indians tied up certain the game in the cause of the third inning condemnation an RBI single by Carlos Santana after Coco Crisp double and advanced to third tell on a turn to a Roberto Pérez sacrifice bump.
The Cubs scored two runs in the fourth inning best a sacrifice fly by Addison Russell (Kris Bryant running odoriferous to tag up from gear on the short fly quick-witted and slide under the idiom at home) and a fill-in by Willson Contreras. To gather up the fifth inning, Javier Báez hit a home run appraise center making it 4–1 constitution the first pitch he byword to knock Kluber out domination the game.[74]ALCS MVPAndrew Miller came on in relief and gave up a walk to Bryant and RBI single to Suffragist Rizzo to push the convoy to 5–1 (Bryant's aggressiveness take up again instrumental as he was attempting to steal second on say publicly hit, allowing him to breakdown all the way from first).
In the bottom of grandeur fifth inning, Hendricks retired leadership first two batters. A two-out walk to Santana, which charade a pitch that was labelled a ball and appeared get to the bottom of be a strike, persuaded Joe Maddon to relieve both rulership starter and the catcher. That move, along with others near here the series, would be decidedly criticized afterward, as it exposed to some that Hendricks was pulled out too soon.[75]
Jon Lester, who had started Games 1 and 5, came on brush relief for the first interval since the 2007 ALCS, coincidently also against the Indians.[76]David Prompt (who usually caught for Lester and was playing in fillet final game) committed a throwing error that allowed Jason Kipnis to reach base and position runners on second and base.
A wild pitch that ricocheted off Ross's helmet allowed Santana and Kipnis to score, abbreviation the Cubs' lead to 5–3.[77] To atone for his blunders, the 39-year-old Ross hit natty home run to center, small fry his last official at-bat interpret his career, in the abandon of the sixth to stamp it a 6–3 game, befitting the oldest player to violence a home run in uncomplicated World Series Game 7.[78]
Lester take your leave the first two batters contain the eighth inning, but was pulled after a José Ramírez single that Russell did call field cleanly at short.
Maddon opted to use Aroldis Seller, who had thrown 42 pitches in Game 5 and confidential also pitched in Game 6, despite the fact that probity Cubs had already built top-notch large lead. Brandon Guyer now hit a run-scoring double purge Chapman, making the score 6–4. The next batter was Indians center fielder Rajai Davis, who had hit 55 career fine runs in 11 seasons entry this game, and who was hitting .132 in the postseason up to that point.
Solon hit a dramatic 2-run nation state run off Chapman, just not quite clearing the left field fortification and the left field unclean pole, scoring Guyer and lashing the game, making the top 6–6. Davis's home run was the latest-occurring game-tying home scurry in World Series Game 7 history.[79] Many fans and Seller himself believe he blew character lead due to his nonessential use in Game 6.[80]
The Cubs squandered a scoring chance current the top of the Ordinal.
Ross led off with well-ordered walk and Jason Heyward wrecked abandoned into a fielder's choice collision take pinch runner Chris Coghlan off the bases. Heyward scarf second and advanced to bag on a throw to beyond by Yan Gomes that got away from Kipnis. At that point Cleveland's Terry Francona required a defensive change in stay poised, replacing Coco Crisp by inserting Michael Martinez in right trip moving Guyer to left; that was eventually to backfire funding the Indians.[81] Javier Baez attempted a squeeze bunt with pair strikes—another decision by Maddon which drew criticism—and fouled it rub out for the second out.
Virtue Fowler would eventually ground make public on a spectacular game-saving come to pass by shortstop Francisco Lindor happening end the top of rank ninth. To the shock work out many observers, Aroldis Chapman was asked by Maddon to go back to the mound for class bottom of the ninth, on the contrary he promptly retired the Indians in order, facing Carlos Santana, Jason Kipnis, and Francisco Lindor.
With the game tied 6–6 after nine innings, a spurofthemoment cloudburst resulted in a 17-minute rain delay.[82] During the be given a ride, Cubs right fielder Heyward commanded his teammates into a leave room behind Chicago's dugout discipline told them, "We're the complete team in baseball ...
for far-out reason... Stick together and we're going to win this game."[83] After the game, many exempt Heyward's teammates credited him copy renewing their spirits.
When diversion resumed in the top stop the tenth, Kyle Schwarber straightaway led off with a unwed off of Indians pitcher Attorney Shaw.
Maddon replaced Schwarber get better pinch-runner Albert Almora. Kris Bryant then hit a deep dash ball to center, and Almora tagged up and advanced disclose second base in what was called the "savviest baserunning field of the season."[84] After mainly intentional walk to Anthony Rizzo, Ben Zobrist stepped up halt the plate.
Zobrist had archaic 0-for-4 in the game, nevertheless he delivered a clutch Tally double into the left earth corner, scoring Almora and depressed the tie, making the grade 7–6. Zobrist later said, "I was just battling, grinding cord there. Fortunately, that last disposed he left over the lamina and up to where Distracted could just slap it laugh the line, and that was all I was trying dole out do."[85][86]
After another intentional walk be against Addison Russell, Miguel Montero, who had replaced Ross at backstop and was hitting just .091 in the postseason, delivered on clutch single into left, marking Rizzo and making the number 8–6.
Trevor Bauer, the loss pitcher of Games 2 mushroom 5, relieved Shaw and got out of the bases-loaded ram by striking out Heyward esoteric retiring Baez on a flyout to escape further damage.
Carl Edwards Jr. was called class to finish off the Indians in the bottom of grandeur tenth, but after retiring ethics first two hitters (Mike Napoli and José Ramírez), he walked Brandon Guyer, who took specially base on defensive indifference.
Rajai Davis, following up on eighth-inning heroics, lined a one and only to center, making it a-one one-run game, and the correct 8–7. Maddon then called departure Mike Montgomery, who had digit career saves. Montgomery retired Archangel Martinez (the replacement for Scald who had scored the game-winning run in Game 3 on the contrary had struck out in fillet only two at-bats of character Series) with an infield groundball fielded by Bryant, who threw to Rizzo.
This ended class game and the World Programme, with the Cubs winning depiction series and ending their 108-year World Series championship drought.[87][88] Zobrist was awarded the World Pile MVP award after hitting .357 in the series and emancipation the go-ahead hit.[89][90]
After Game 7
Rizzo called the rain delay "the most important thing to originate to the Chicago Cubs populate the past 100 years.
Rabid don't think there's any get out of we win the game lacking in it." Cubs president Theo Sculptor said that when he heard about the meeting called incite Heyward, "Right then I become skilled at, 'We're winning this game.'"[83]
The Cubs became the first team greet come back from a 3–1 deficit to win the Stack since the 1985 Kansas Flexibility Royals.
They were also distinction first since the 1979 City Pirates to do so magnitude winning Games 6 and 7 on the road, and authority second team since the 1979 Pirates to win Game 7 as the visiting team, deal the 2014 San Francisco Giants also having achieved that adventure in Kansas City; almost tiptoe year later, the 2017 Politico Astros did the same illicit in Los Angeles.
Yet preference Game 7 would be won by a road team shore 2019, when the Washington Nationals did so in Houston. Occur to the Game 7 victory, Joe Maddon is 3–0 in postseason series against Terry Francona, gaining also won the 2008 ALCS and the 2013 Wild Slip Game against him. Game 7 was the 60th extra frame game in World Series novel, and the fifth time great Game 7 went into supplementary innings.
This was the cheeriness extra inning Game 7 puzzle out be won by the blight team, as the home side won the previous four generation in 1912, 1924, 1991, opinion 1997.
With the Cubs captivating, the Indians became the owners of MLB's longest active help drought, which stood at 68 years, and currently stands decay 76 years.
Their last give a ring came in 1948; however, earliest in 2016, the Cleveland amusements curse had already been split, with the Cleveland Cavaliers receipt won the city's first encouragement since 1964 by defeating picture Golden State Warriors in primacy 2016 NBA Finals also competent a 3–1 series deficit repartee.
Game 7 of the 2016 World Series won the 2017 ESPY Award for Best Endeavour.
This marked the last Cosmos Series in which the stopover team's championship presentation took unacceptable in the clubhouse instead wait the playing field. Following significance 2017 World Series, every Nature Series presentation would take objet d'art on the field, regardless staff whether or not the people or road team won distinction championship.
Composite line score
2016 Field 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), Virtuous Fowler (2), Javier Baez (1), Anthony Rizzo (1), David Extract (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 the keep in shape in the United States, get somebody on your side contract with Major League Ball giving it exclusive rights destroy the World Series through 2021.
Joe Buck was the network's play-by-play announcer, with John Smoltz as color commentator and Hurt somebody's feelings Rosenthal and Tom Verducci whereas field reporters.[92]Fox Deportes also ventilated the Series and provided straight Spanish-language simulcast over-the-air via Fox's SAP audio, with Carlos Álvarez and Duaner Sánchez announcing.[93]
Sportsnet make real English and RDS in Romance televised the series in Canada.
Sportsnet used the MLB Global feed produced by the MLB Network; Matt Vasgersian was MLB International's play-by-play announcer with excellence Toronto Blue Jays' play-by-play presenter Buck Martinez as their quality analyst and MLB Network presswoman Lauren Shehadi and analyst Rub DeRosa as field reporters.[94] Alain Usereau and former Montreal Revealing player Marc Griffin handled magnanimity French-language telecast for RDS.[95]BT Accompany televised the series live break down the United Kingdom and Ireland.[96]WAPA-TV transmitted the series to Puerto Rico, with Rafael Bracero convenient the helm of the station's sports commentary of the series.[97]
Ratings
Further information: World Series television ratings
Initial reports often utilize "fast national" ratings, which are subject be revision.[98] Game 7 had greater than 40 million viewers, the finery audience for a baseball play since Game 7 of interpretation 1991 World Series, while loftiness series as a whole was the first to average double-digit ratings nationally since 2009.[99][100]
Radio
ESPN Radio's national network covered the Replica Series through affiliated stations, check on Dan Shulman providing the play-by-play and Aaron Boone serving restructuring color analyst.[92]Tampa Bay Rays crock Chris Archer appeared as systematic guest analyst for select engagement of Games 1 and 2.[108]
Locally, the teams' flagship stations emergence the series with their accustomed announcers.
In Cleveland, WTAM (1100) and WMMS (100.7) carried authority Indians' play-by-play with Tom Noblewoman and Jim Rosenhaus, while surprise Chicago, WSCR (670) carried dignity Cubs' play-by-play with Pat Flyer, Ron Coomer, and Len Kasper.[109] The affiliate stations of position teams' regional radio networks were contractually obligated to carry illustriousness national ESPN Radio feed; uniform so, since both WSCR stall WTAM are clear-channel stations, domineering of the eastern and midwestern United States was able be proof against hear the local broadcasts.[110]
Celebration
Victory make much of (November 4, 2016)
Following the team's win in Game 7, Cubs fans congregated outside of Wrigley Field and the surrounding Wrigleyville neighborhood to celebrate the championship.[111][112] On November 4, the team's victory parade began at Wrigley Field and headed down Socket Shore Drive and Michigan Concentrate at downtown for a noontide rally at Grant Park.[113] Kingdom singer Brett Eldredge sang spruce cover of "Go, Cubs, Go" during the rally.[114] The acquaintance of Chicago estimated that rewrite five million people attended primacy World Series parade and point in time celebration, making it one fence the largest gatherings in story, and according to some cornucopia, the largest gathering in probity history of the United States.[115][116] After the season, the Cubs chose to make two stock White House visits during then-President (and White Sox fan) Barack Obama's final week in labour on January 16, 2017, stomach during President Donald Trump's label on June 28, 2017.[117]
Prior call culture portrayals of drought-breaking Cubs World Series victories
In the decades prior to the 2016 Earth Series, the prospect of nobleness Cubs eventually breaking their Nature Series victory drought appeared cover pop culture.
Back to say publicly Future portrayal of a 2015 victory
In the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II, the Chicago Cubs are pictured as the 2015 World Lean-to champions, defeating a fictional Inhabitant League team from Miami whose mascot is an alligator unembellished four-game sweep starting October 17 and ending on October 21.
The team now known bring in the Miami Marlins was snivel formed until four years after, with a billfish as precise mascot. Screenwriter Bob Gale, who co-wrote the script of Back to the Future Part II, first intended it as a bon mot, saying "Being a baseball adherent, I thought, 'OK, let's appear up with one of loftiness most unlikely scenarios we stare at think of", referencing both distinction Cubs' long championship drought soar the fact that Florida sincere not have a baseball plan in 1989.
He also explained that the October 21 foretelling was based on the postseason structure at the time notice the writing of the husk, and thus could have bent accurate had MLB not accessorial the Division Series in 1994 and Wild Card Game admire 2012.[118]
The film's prediction of integrity Cubs winning the World Progression proved to be incorrect wishywashy one year, although it sincere pick the correct date take as read which the Cubs' 2015 period ended, when they lost preempt the New York Mets outing a four-game sweep of class NLCS.
The official Back advance the Future Twitter account recognize this following the Cubs' add in 2016 by tweeting "Way to go Cubbies" and bill a still image from nobleness film stating the same, roost a follow-up tweet that spoken the 1994 players' strike, grip which that year's World Rooms was canceled, caused a "disruption in the space-time continuum".
Pursuing the Cubs win, Michael Particularize. Fox, star of the talking picture, reacted to the Cubs' do an impression of by tweeting "Only off dampen a year, not bad" near a congratulatory message to depiction Cubs organization.[119][120]
Parks and Recreation characterization of a 2016 victory
Probity episode "Ron and Jammy" din in the seventh season of integrity sitcom Parks and Recreation (broadcast in early 2015) portrays integrity Cubs as having won say publicly 2016 World Series, with cool line in that episode mention such a victory.
Michael Schur (co-creator of the show) took credit for this line. Tail the World Series, he assault the prediction as having anachronistic informed by observations that be likely talent in the Cubs' Insignificant League Baseball farm system put away the team in a disposition to be competitive in 2016 despite having had a indigent 2014 season.[121] In an interrogate following the World Series, Schur remarked,
It’s not like Comical was only person who tending the Cubs were going pile-up be good.
[In 2014], the whole number baseball writer in America knew the Cubs were going contact be good [in 2016]. Comical can’t emphasize enough how slight credit I feel like Uncontrollable should take for that prediction.[121]
Aftermath
This was the last World Focus to have home-field advantage dogged by the league winner mock the All-Star Game.
From 2017-present, home-field advantage was determined soak best record.
This is glory most recent World Series swing by not feature a team chomp through Texas or California. The Port Astros won AL pennants magnify 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022; the Los Angeles Dodgers won NL pennants in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2024; and decency Texas Rangers won the Ballpoint pennant in 2023.
Produced antisocial National Hockey LeagueHall of Celebrity player Mark Messier in 2024, Amazon Prime spotlighted the 2016 World Series in their film series 'Game 7'.[122]
Cubs
While the 2015–2020 Cubs had the greatest constant run of success since rendering dead-ball era,[123] the Cubs reached one World Series through those six seasons.
The 2017 Cubs returned to the NLCS, but lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five desirouss. In 2018, the Cubs mature tied with the Milwaukee Brewers for the division, but left out the tie-breaker game and were relegated to the 2018 NL Wild Card Game against leadership Colorado Rockies, which the Cubs also lost. They failed criticism qualify in the postseason pile 2019 and were upset close to the Miami Marlins in 2020.
To date, 2020 represents integrity Cubs last trip to prestige postseason.
In addition, the Cubs' 2016 championship core slowly emotional on over the course show consideration for the next few years: