Cubs end 108-year championship drought

The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series title since 1908 early Thursday morning, outlasting the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a 10-inning thriller. “It happened. It happened. Chicago, it happened,” Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said after gloving the ball for the final out. “We did it. We’re world champions. I tell ya, we’re world champions. I can’t believe it.” Lovable losers for more than a century, the Cubs almost blew this one too, when Cleveland’s Rajai Davis hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the eighth inning off Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman. But the Cubs came roaring back in the top of the 10th after a 17-minute rain delay, with Series MVP Ben Zobrist hitting an RBI double and Miquel Montero singling home a run to make it 8-6. Cleveland, which now can claim the longest drought without a World Series title (68 years), scored one run in the bottom of the 10th, but Chicago’s Mike Montgomery came in to get the final out and the celebration was on.

The Associated Press contributed to this report