People poured into the streets surrounding Wrigley Field as Game 7 of the 2016 World Series proceeded long into the night. When reliever Aroldis Chapman blew a three-run lead in the eighth, Cubs fans groaned.
Not again.
Anxiety increased as the game dragged on with a brief rain delay before the 10th inning. After that, Kyle Schwarber, who wasn’t even expected to play in the postseason after he suffered a so-called season-ending knee injury in April, led off with a single. Then, veterans Ben Zobrist and Miguel Montero came through with RBI hits to give the Cubs the lead.