Chicago Cubs 8–7 Cleveland Indians
Chicago Cubs won 8–7 · game 7 of the 2016 World Series
Winner-take-all — the Chicago Cubs took the 2016 World Series in game 7. The Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians 8–7 in game 7 of the 2016 World Series.
The Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians 8–7 in game 7 of the 2016 World Series on 2016-11-02.
Why this game is here
- The winner-take-all finale of the 2016 World Series (game 7)
Selection is threshold-earned: a game qualifies only by structural singularity (a tied game, or the winner-take-all finale of a series that went the distance) or by holding an outright covered-era record. Fame carries no weight.
The game
| Series | 2016 World Series (game 7) |
|---|---|
| Date | 2016-11-02 |
| Score | Chicago Cubs 8, Cleveland Indians 7 |
| Innings | 10 |
Source: Retrosheet World Series game logs (glws.zip), 2016 World Series, game 7 (2016-11-02). The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. — source
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