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Chicago Cubs Win World Series

by VOA News

   The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, beating the
   Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings.

   The Cubs led 6-3 after the first six innings but Cleveland scored three
   runs in the bottom of the eight to tie it up. Neither team scored in
   the ninth, and after a brief rain delay the game went into extra
   innings.

   Both teams hoped to end long droughts without a world title: the Cubs
   last won in 1908 while the Indians' last series win was in 1948.

   Despite the Cubs being favored to win the series, Cleveland was a game
   away from claiming the title after winning the first, third and fourth
   games of the series. But Chicago won three straight -- including the
   final two in Cleveland - to end the longest stretch without a World
   Series win by any team in baseball.