On November 2 the 112th World Series came to an end and the Chicago Cubs came out on top. The Cubs were trailing 3-1 in the Series and won 2 games in a row to force a game 7. The Cubs started pitcher Kyle Hendricks and the Indians sent Corey Kluber to the mound. Kluber had dominated the Cubs twice prior to game seven, allowing 1 run in 12 innings with 15 strikeouts. The Cubs were attempting to be the first team to come back from a 3-1 series since Kansas City beat St. Louis in 1985, and the first to do so on the road since Pittsburgh won at Baltimore in 1979.

The Indians started the series by shutting out the Cubs 6-0 in game 1. The Cubs tied the series 1 to 1 after winning 5-1 in game 2. Then the Indians took game 3 and 4 making the series 3 to 1. The Cubs just nearly won game 5 with a score of 3-2. On Tuesday night the Cubs seemed to take game 6 easily with an early 7-2 lead. They held onto their lead with a final score of 9-3, tying the series 3 to 3.

The game started off with a bang for the Cubs. Dexter Fowler hit the first ever lead off home run in a game 7. The Cubs lead 1-0 until the 3rd inning when Carlos Santana hit a RBI single to tie the game 1-1. In the top of the fourth inning, Kris Bryant managed to tag up and score on a fly ball to left-center field. Wilson Contreras’s double scored 1 run to put the Cubs ahead 3-1.

Javier Baez made up for his 2 errors early in the game and started off the 5th inning with a solo home run. The Indians decided to take out their starter and put in Andrew Miller. Miller allowed Anthony Rizzo to knock in Kris Bryant on a RBI single. Miller closed out the 5th inning with the Cubs leading 5-1. In the bottom of the 5th the Cubs pulled Hendricks off the mound and put in Jon Lester. A wild pitch from Lester caused two runs to score and the Indians closed the gap with a score of 5-3. David Ross hit another solo home run in the 6th inning to make the score 6-3. Things were looking good for the Cubs.

Then the Cubs put Aroldis Chapman on the mound to get the last out of the 8th, but Brandon Guyer hit a RBI double to make it 6-4. Disaster stuck and Rajai Davis came up big with a 2 run home run that tied the game 6-6.

It all came down to the 9th inning, or did it?

After the bottom of the 9th the score was still tied and the game went into extra innings. Then the rain came and delayed the game until 12:15. During the rain delay, Cubs player Jason Heyward hosted a team meeting to get his team prepared for extra innings. After the rain delay the 10th inning began. The Indians intentionally walked Rizzo and put two guys on base. The Cubs scored the go ahead run with a huge double from Ben Zobrist. After that Miguel Montero got another hit to score Rizzo and the Cubs went up 8-6.

Now after an eternity of waiting the Cubs just needed 3 outs. The first out was a strikeout. The second out came on a ground ball. A walk put a runner on 1st. A RBI single from the Indians put the game within one run. All the Cubs needed was one more out. A pitching change from the Cubs and a ground ball to third base ended the game 8-7.

The Cubs were World Champions!