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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. 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