There are unforgettable moments from that contest: most notably Rajai Davis‘ game-tying homer, the rain delay, and Ben Zobrist‘s go-ahead hit.īut there are certain moments from that game that are worth more examination, both for what they meant in the moment as well as in the broader context of the contest itself. Yes, I speak of the time when the Cubs overcame a seemingly insurmountable deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians, a series culminated by a Game 7 that will forever rank among the greatest games in the history of baseball. It’s pretty special.An array of Chicago Cubs (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) I was ecstatic when MLB Network announced it would be airing the Cubs final three games of the 2016 World Series on Tuesday afternoon.Īfter all, any Chicago Cubs fan would relish the opportunity to relive their team, ending a 108-year drought in the most epic of fashions, especially amid MLB’s current suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This moment is unbelievable,” Bryant said a few moments later, sounding incredulous. “It was probably one of the best Game Sevens ever, and fortunately we were on the right side of it. “Just a hard-fought game - they came back, we came back,” Kris Bryant said. 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. Not to be outdone, the Indians clawed one back before Michael Martinez was retired on a grounder to set off raucous celebrations from here to Chicago. The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseballs (MLB) 2016 season.
The Cubs responded with two runs in the top of the 10th.
As such, maybe it wasnt overly shocking that he allowed just two hits in 5 2/3 innings, all the while throwing just more than half his 9. They had enough to win the game, Heyward said, they just needed to do it. Jake Arrieta threw an effective, if inefficient game. Heyward doesn’t often speak, but he wanted to remind the Cubs of all they had overcome to get here and how it wouldn’t have happened without contributions from every single one of them. The teams got through the ninth, only to have rains move in and send the teams back to their clubhouses.Īs the Cubs walked through the tunnel, Jason Heyward called all of his teammates into a weight room. And we demonstrated that tonight versus them. “But sometimes people forget that both sides are good. I think barroom conversations are great,” Maddon added. Media in category 'Fox Sports coverage of 2016 World Series Game 7' The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. The Indians beat up on (Aroldis) Chapman tonight because the Indians are good,” Maddon said. “The Cubs beat up on (Andrew) Miller tonight and got to their other guys because the Cubs are good. Jason Heyward's speech spurs Cubs during World Series Game 7 rain delayĬubs manager Joe Maddon, whose moves in the last two games were often as head scratching as they were daring, brought Aroldis Chapman in after Lester gave up a two-out single in the bottom of the eighth. Fans began flooding the streets around Wrigley Field, ready to let loose in the party of the century. Only after the Indians worked their small ball magic to its finest in the third, tying the game on Carlos Santana’s single did it begin to feel like a Cleveland home game.Īfter scoring two runs each in the fourth and fifth innings, and with $155 million relief man Jon Lester on the mound, the Cubs seemed firmly in control. With thousands of Cubs fans flooding northeast Ohio, Progressive Field sounded more like Wrigley as Dexter Fowler led off the game with a solo homer, humbling the previously untouchable Corey Kluber. You had two teams that really felt they were going to win a title.” That’s why the series ended the way it did. But they don’t either,” Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said. “One of the beauties of this series is I know the great vibe on our team and that we never stop fighting. So of course the Cubs tied it up to force Game 7. No team had blown a lead like that since 1985, and no team had done it at home since Baltimore in 1979. The Indians looked set to make Cleveland the new Title Town as they took a commanding 3-1 lead. The Indians’ last title came in 1948 and, until the Cavaliers won the NBA crown in June, all of Cleveland’s teams were on a 52-year oh-fer streak. But Cleveland and the Indians had their own tales of woe.
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