mike montgomery was on the mound when the cubs won the world series.
mike montgomery was on the mound when the cubs won the world series.
who was on the mound when the cubs won the world series?
mike montgomery
as the teams returned to washington for the deciding game 5, the cubs sent game 1 starter kyle hendricks to the mound while the nationals started gio gonzález. the cubs started the scoring in the first as jon jay led off the game with a double and scored on an anthony rizzo groundout. the cubs then loaded the bases with two outs in the first, but jason heyward grounded out to end the threat. in the second inning, daniel murphy homered and michael turner hit a three-run homer to put the nationals up 4–1. gonzález continued to struggle in the third as kris bryant doubled and willson contreras and albert almora jr. walked to the load the bases. addison russell drove in his first run of the night on a groundout and contreras scored on a wild pitch to narrow the lead to 4–3. heyward would again end the threat by striking out. the nationals went to the pen in the fourth and in the fifth brought in starter max scherzer. after bryant and rizzo were retired by scherzer, seven straight cubs batters reached base, scoring four runs, two on a double by russell, to give the cubs the lead 7–4. the cubs added to their lead in the sixth as russell doubled in ben zobrist on a fly ball that was misplayed by jayson werth. the cubs went to the bullpen in the bottom of the fifth and in the sixth the nationals added two runs on a wild pitch by mike montgomery which scored a run and a double by murphy. leading 8–6 in the seventh, the cubs added another run when kyle schwarber pinch hit and doubled, scoring on a groundout by kris bryant. the nationals answered in the seventh as the cubs used carl edwards jr. and josé quintana to get two outs, but a sacrifice fly by bryce harper narrowed the lead to 9–7. wade davis came in for the cubs to get a seven-out save and struck out ryan zimmerman to end the inning. in the eighth, davis gave up a run-scoring single by taylor to bring the lead to one at 9–8. following a single by josé lobatón to put runners on first and second with two outs, contreras picked lobatón off of first to end the inning. in the ninth, davis set the nationals down in order, striking out werth and harper to end the game and win the series for the cubs.
2017 chicago cubs season
the cardinals–cubs rivalry refers to games between the st. louis cardinals and the cubs. the cubs lead the series 1,137–1,106 through , while the cardinals lead in national league pennants with 19 against the cubs' 17. the cubs have won 11 of those pennants in major league baseball's modern era (1901–present), while all 19 of the cardinals' have been won since 1901. the cardinals also have a clear edge when it comes to world series successes, having won 11 championships to the cubs' 3. the cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their chicago rivals in the regular season standings. in the 70 seasons from 1946 through 2016, the cardinals have finished ahead of the cubs 53 times. in that same span the cardinals have had 50 seasons in which their winning percentage was over .500, while the cubs have finished over that mark 21 times (they finished at an even .500 twice). cardinals-cubs games see numerous visiting fans in either st. louis' busch stadium or chicago's wrigley field. when the national league split into two, and then three divisions, the cardinals and cubs remained together. this has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in 1984, , , , 2015, and 2016; the first three times the division title was won by the cubs, the fourth by the cardinals, who went on to win the national league pennant as the cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season. however, 2015 and 2016 were special years for the cubs. in 2015, the cubs finished in third place in the nl central division behind the cardinals and pirates, but they made the playoffs as the second national league wild card team. after defeating the pirates 4-0 in the wild card game, they disposed of the cardinals in the nlds in four games (3-1); however, they later lost to the new york mets in the nlcs (mets 4- cubs 0). in 2016, the tide really turned in a positive direction for the chicago cubs. they won the nl central division crown with a record of 103-58 which was 17.5 games ahead of the second place cardinals (86-76). the cubs then defeated the san francisco giants in the nlds (3-1) followed by the los angeles dodgers in the nlcs (4-2) to win the nl pennant for the first time since 1945. in an epic 2016 world series, the cubs ended their 108-year world series championship drought by defeating the cleveland indians in a thrilling seven game series (4-3).
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