HOLY COW!!! END OF LONGEST CURRENT NATIONAL NIGHTMARE: CUBS BEAT INDIANS IN 10 INNINGS TO CAPTURE FIRST WORLD SERIES TITLE SINCE 1908; BEN ZOBRIST NAMED SERIES MVP

At Cleveland:

Ben Zobrist (named series Most Valuable Player), hit an RBI double in the tenth inning while Miguel Montero singled home another run in the same inning on Wednesday night as the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series championship since 1908 by winning game seven 8-7 on the road in ten innings over the Cleveland Indians (still awaiting their first World Series title since 1948).

The Cubs became the sixth team (the first since the Kansas City Royals in 1985) to overcome a three-games-to-one series deficit to win the world championship, and the fourth to do so by winning the final two contests on the road.

Here are the newly-crowned world champions celebrating after their victory in one of the most epic game sevens ever.

USA Today Sports photo by Charles LeClaire

2016 World Series: Cubs Crush Indians To Force Game Seven

At Cleveland:

With home runs by Kris Bryant (solo shot, first inning), Addison Russell (grand slam (first in Cubs World Series history), third inning; he delivered a single-game record-tying six runs batted in; that's him running the bases after his slam), and Anthony Rizzo (two-run shot, ninth inning) the Chicago Cubs leveled the World Series at three games apiece following their 9-3 game-six Tuesday road beat-down of the Cleveland Indians.

On Wednesday, with Kyle Hendricks on the mound for Chicago and Corey Kluber likewise for Cleveland, the World Series will be decided in game seven.

If the Indians win, they would win their first World Series title since 1948.  If the Cubs win, it would be their first since 1908.

USA Today Sports photo by Ken Blaze

2016 World Series: Cubs Hold Off Indians, Force Game Six In Cleveland

At Chicago:

In the final World Series contest at Wrigley Field on Sunday, Kris Bryant hit a solo home run (shown here) to spark a three-run fourth inning while Aroldis Chapman delivered an eight-out performance to seal the victory as the Chicago Cubs extended the Fall Classic by holding off the visiting Cleveland Indians 3-2 in game five.

The Indians, who still lead three games to two, can still wrap up their first world championship since 1948 with a game-six win back home in Cleveland on Tuesday night.

USA Today Sports photo by Tommy Gilligan

2016 World Series: Corey Kluber Handcuffs Cubs Bats Again As Indians Smother Chicago 7-2 For 3-1 Series Lead; Cleveland One Win Away From First World Title Since 1948

At Chicago:

Corey Kluber pitched six innings of solid baseball on Saturday while Carlos Santana (solo shot, second inning) and Jason Kipnis (three-runner, seventh; that's him, on the center, ceelbrating with Coco Crisp afterward) each delivered a home run as the Cleveland Indians smothered the Chicago Cubs 7-2 on the road in the fourth game of the World Series.

The Indians, who lead the series three games to one, can lay claim to their first World Series title since 1948 with a game-five victory at Chicago's Wrigley Field on Sunday.

No team has come back from a three-games-to-one deficit to win a World Series since 1985, when the Kansas City Royals upended the St. Louis Cardinals.

USA Today Sports photo by Tommy Gilligan

2016 World Series: Indians Pitching Handcuffs Cubs Bats At Wrigley, Take 2-1 Series Lead

At Chicago:

In the first World Series contest to be played at Wrigley Field since October 10, 1945, Coco Crisp (seen here) delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh inning, scoring pinch-runner Michael Martinez from third base while pitchers Josh Tomlin (who started), Andrew Miller, Brian Shaw, and closer Cody Allen combined on a five-hit shutout as the Cleveland Indians blanked the Chicago Cubs 1-0 in game three of the Fall Classic, which the Indians now lead two games to one.

USA Today Sports photo by Tommy Gilligan

2016 World Series: Cubs Effective In Handcuffing Indians' Bats As Chicago Squares Series At 1-1

At Cleveland:

Jake Arietta carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning while Mike Montgomery and Aroldis Chapman did their jobs in relief as the Chicago Cubs, with Kyle Schwarber going two-for-three with a walk and driving in a pair of runs,  leveled the World Series at one game apiece on Wednesday with a 5-1 road victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Here's Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo celebrating after scoring one of Chicago's three fifth-inning runs.


USA Today Sports photo by Charles LeClaire

2016 World Series: Roberto Perez Belts Two Homes While Pitching Handcuffs Cubs As Indians Take Opener

At Cleveland:

Roberto Perez hit two home runs (a solo shot and a three-runner) while Corey Kluber, Andrew Miller, and Cody Allen combined on a 15-strikeout shutout as the Cleveland Indians smothered the visiting Chicago Cubs 6-0 in Tuesday's opening game of the World Series. Here, we see the aforementioned Mr. Kluber and Mr. Perez, who were the two big heroes for the Indians, who are three victories away from their first World Series crown since 1948.

EPA photo by John G. Mabanglo