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Chicago Cubs 4, Cleveland Indians 3 · 2016-10-25 to 2016-11-02 · 7 games · attendance 277,603 · season overview
Champion · 3rd title
Runner-up
Series MVP
Ballparks
Note
Decided in game 7
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016-10-25 |  Chicago Cubs 0 at Cleveland Indians 6 | 0–1 | Progressive Field | 38,091 | Corey Kluber | Jon Lester | |
| 2 | 2016-10-26 | Chicago Cubs 5 at Cleveland Indians 1 | 1–1 | Progressive Field | 38,172 | Jake Arrieta | Trevor Bauer | |
| 3 | 2016-10-28 | Cleveland Indians 1 at Chicago Cubs 0 | 1–2 | Wrigley Field | 41,703 | Andrew Miller | Carl Edwards | Cody Allen |
| 4 | 2016-10-29 | Cleveland Indians 7 at Chicago Cubs 2 | 1–3 | Wrigley Field | 41,706 | Corey Kluber | John Lackey | |
| 5 | 2016-10-30 | Cleveland Indians 2 at Chicago Cubs 3 | 2–3 | Wrigley Field | 41,711 | Jon Lester | Trevor Bauer | Aroldis Chapman |
| 6 | 2016-11-01 | Chicago Cubs 9 at Cleveland Indians 3 | 3–3 | Progressive Field | 38,116 | Jake Arrieta | Josh Tomlin | |
| 7 | 2016-11-02 | Chicago Cubs 8 at Cleveland Indians 7 | 4–3 | Progressive Field | 38,104 | Aroldis Chapman | Bryan Shaw | Mike Montgomery |
The players
Chicago Cubs
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Fowler | 7 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .233 |
| Javier Baez | 7 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .167 |
| Ben Zobrist | 7 | 28 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .357 |
| Addison Russell | 7 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .222 |
| Kris Bryant | 7 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .269 |
| Anthony Rizzo | 7 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .360 |
| Jason Heyward | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .150 |
| Willson Contreras | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .105 |
| Kyle Schwarber | 5 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .412 |
| David Ross | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Jorge Soler | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Miguel Montero | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Chris Coghlan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Jon Lester | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Albert Almora | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Lackey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Lester | 3 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 14.2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3.68 |
| Jake Arrieta | 2 | 2 | 2–0 | 0 | 11.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 2.38 |
| Kyle Hendricks | 2 | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 5 | 0 | 1–0 | 1 | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3.52 |
| John Lackey | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.60 |
| Mike Montgomery | 5 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Carl Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Hector Rondon | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Pedro Strop | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Justin Grimm | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Travis Wood | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.40 |
Cleveland Indians
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Kipnis | 7 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .290 |
| Jose Ramirez | 7 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .310 |
| Francisco Lindor | 7 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .296 |
| Mike Napoli | 7 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .167 |
| Carlos Santana | 7 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .217 |
| Rajai Davis | 7 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .227 |
| Roberto Perez | 7 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .200 |
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .125 |
| Coco Crisp | 6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Brandon Guyer | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .300 |
| Tyler Naquin | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .143 |
| Yan Gomes | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Martinez | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Corey Kluber | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Trevor Bauer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh Tomlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Kluber | 3 | 3 | 2–0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2.81 |
| Trevor Bauer | 3 | 2 | 0–2 | 0 | 8.1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Andrew Miller | 4 | 0 | 1–0 | 0 | 7.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3.52 |
| Josh Tomlin | 2 | 2 | 0–1 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7.71 |
| Cody Allen | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Shaw | 4 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Mike Clevinger | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Dan Otero | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Danny Salazar | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Zach McAllister | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Jeff Manship | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Key moments
- Game 7, bottom 8th: Rajai Davis homers (1) on a line drive to left field. Brandon Guyer scores. (+40% win prob.)
- Game 7, top 10th: Ben Zobrist doubles (2) on a ground ball to left fielder Brandon Guyer. Albert Almora scores. Anthony Rizzo to 3rd. (-31% win prob.)
- Game 3, bottom 9th: Javier Baez strikes out swinging. (-24% win prob.)
- Game 3, top 5th: Francisco Lindor grounds into a double play, second baseman Javier Baez to shortstop Addison Russell to first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Jason Kipnis out at 2nd. Francisco Lindor out at 1st. (+20% win prob.)
- Game 7, top 9th: Javier Baez strikes out on a foul bunt. (+19% win prob.)
- Game 6, top 1st: Addison Russell doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Tyler Naquin. Anthony Rizzo scores. Ben Zobrist scores. Addison Russell to 3rd. Addison Russell advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by second baseman Jason Kipnis. (-16% win prob.)
- Game 3, bottom 9th: Anthony Rizzo singles on a soft line drive to left fielder Brandon Guyer. (+14% win prob.)
- Game 5, bottom 4th: Kris Bryant homers (1) on a line drive to left center field. (+13% win prob.)