After going his first 16 postseason innings without giving up a single run, Miller coughed up three in his final 3.1-including two homers. Francisco Lindor struck out swinging to put an end to the inning.Īt the top of the sixth, Ross temporarily halted the Indians' momentum, blasting a 406-foot solo home run off Miller in Ross' final MLB game. Then Lester's wild pitch bounced off Ross' helmet and allowed two Indians runners to score. Things went awry almost immediately, as Jason Kipnis made it to second after a throwing error by Ross. Lester, who was throwing on short rest, stepped in along with catcher David Ross.
It had to end with 176 years of combined World Series droughts in the balance with the best damn baseball game. The manager, who received criticism for his handling of the Cubs bullpen in Game 6, pulled Hendricks in the fifth after he walked Carlos Santana. CLEVELAND After 4,892 baseball games this season, it had to end this way. Maddon did not see it that way and nearly became the modern face of Cubsian failure. Except Bryant/Rizzo like each other.Ĭubs starter Kyle Hendricks was pitching well, and the path to victory looked clear: Give Hendricks one more inning, and then let Jon Lester and Aroldis Chapman close things out. This book features a collection of fourteen baseball scorecards, one for each half inning, of the seven game 2016 World Series featuring the Chicago Cubs. Jon Greenberg of The Athletic commented on the Cubs contingent in the Progressive Field crowd:īuster Olney could be MLB's version of Kobe and Shaq, who started playing together 20 years ago today. Lester (0-1, 4.76) World Series - GAME 1, CLE leads 1-0. It was the first-ever leadoff home run in a World Series Game 7. MLB Postseason Scoreboard for Game 1 of the 2016 World Series on October 25,2016 from ESPN.GO.COM Scores for October 25,2016. The Astros’ bats came alive tonight as the home team put up seven runs on nine hits to even the series. Since MLB instituted the 2-3-2 format in 1925, only five teams had pulled off the comeback.įor the game's first half, the Cubs showed no signs of succumbing to the moment, holding a 5-1 lead going into the bottom of the fifth inning. Dexter Fowler did not waste any time at the top of the first, belting a leadoff home run over the center field fence on the game's fourth pitch from Indians starter Corey Kluber. The Houston Astros take Game 2 of the 2021 World Series. The underside features Ross’s signature and career stats. This cover is a snapshot of what the Wrigley scoreboard would have looked like immediately after his HR (yes, we know the game wasn’t at Wrigley, but who wants a cover of Cleveland’s scoreboard).
No team in the past 30 years had won the Fall Classic after finding itself in that hole, and 1979 was the last time a team had won Games 6 and 7 on the road. Our minds immediately went to the home run he hit in Game 7 to help win the 2016 World Series. The Cubs broke the longest championship drought in MLB history but nearly broke the spirit of their fans in the process by exorcising their demons in the most excruciating way possible.įirst, they dug themselves a 3-1 hole and left themselves seemingly insurmountable odds at a comeback.