CLEVELAND — Following a 108-year wait for a World Series championship, the Cubs needed to wait just a little longer and the brief rain delay came at precisely the right time to get Jason Heyward to give the players a pep talk.
A 17-minute delay followed the ninth inning, then Ben Zobrist smacked a tiebreaking RBI double in a two-run 10th that lifted the Cubs into a 8-7 victory over the Indians on Wednesday night in Game 7.
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“It was like a heavyweight fight, guy,” said Zobrist, who had been named World Series MVP. “Only blow for blow, everybody playing their heart out. The Indians never gave up , and I can not believe we’re finally standing, after 108 years, eventually able to hoist the trophy.”
Game 7 of a string in almost any sport is significant, but this was a baseball match to Cubs fans. This win ended over a century of frustration since the Cubs won their first championship ending the longest drought in sports. This was for Ernie and Ronnie and Billy and many more.
“It is really great for our whole Cub-dom to get beyond that moment and continue to proceed,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said,”because today, based on the young players we have in this business, we’ve got an chance to be great for a long time, and without any limitations, without any of the negative dialogue.”
Dexter Fowler, Javier Baez and David Ross each homered, and the Cubs had leads of 5-1 and 6-3, but the Indians rallied against Aroldis Chapman in the eighth, tying the match at 6 to Rajai Davis’ two-run homer.
The Cubs would be the first team to come back from a three-games-to-one deficit and win Games 6 and 7 on the street since the 1979 Pirates.
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