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The Cubs were last champions when Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance won consecutive titles in 1907-08, until now the only ones in team history. At the time, Theodore Roosevelt was president, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii were not yet states, and the first Ford Model T car was two weeks old. They reached the top again on the 39,466th day after Orval Overall's three-hit shutout won the 1908 finale at Detroit in a game that took 1:24. Twenty-one other teams had won the World Series since Cubs last were champions. Montgomery took over, and helped set off a wild celebration on Chicago's North Side.Ĭubs jumped on each other between the mound and second base, and their fans in the stands kept cheering.
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struck out Mike Napoli, Ramirez grounded out, Brandon Guyer walked and Davis hit an RBI single. Then in the bottom half, Carl Edwards Jr. Montero singled to make it a two-run lead. Rizzo was intentionally walked and Zobrist slapped an opposite-field double past a diving third baseman Jose Ramirez. in a still-packed ballpark.Īlbert Almora Jr., pinch-running for Schwarber, alertly took second on Bryant's long fly to center. It was just the fourth time that a Game 7 went to extra innings, and the rain delayed play until 12:11 a.m. CUBS TWEETS: Follow the team as they celebrate their World Series winĭexter Fowler homered on Corey Kluber's fourth pitch of the game, 23-year-old Javier Baez and 39-year-old David Ross also went deep for the Cubs, who led 5-1 in the fifth inning and 6-3 in the eighth.Ĭhapman wound up with the win and Montgomery got one out for his first save in the majors.īryan Shaw, who gave up a leadoff single to Kyle Schwarber in the 10th, took the loss.ĭownload a memento photo of the Wrigley Field marquee