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Did you know? NLCS Game 6
- Updated: October 23, 2016
After 71 long years, the Cubs are headed back to the World Series.
Kyle Hendricks and the Cubs defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field, claiming the franchise’s first pennant and World Series appearance since 1945.
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The world is much different since the Cubs last played in the Fall Classic. For instance, only 2.5 billion humans roamed the Earth in 1945, and approximately 7.4 billion do so today. Twelve U.S. presidents have occupied the Oval Office since the Cubs claimed the pennant in Harry Truman’s first year in office, and 38 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame had not even been born.
Now, incredibly, the Cubs stand just four outs shy of capturing their first championship since 1908. Before Chicago takes the field against the Cleveland Indians (who themselves are hoping to break a long winless streak, dating to 1948) in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday, here are some facts and figures you should know about the Cubs’ historic Game 6 victory.
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Game Date Matchup Highlights Gm 1 Oct. 15 CHC 8, LAD 4 Gm 2 Oct. 16 LAD 1, CHC 0 Gm 3 Oct. 18 LAD 6, CHC 0 Gm 4 Oct. 19 CHC 10, LAD 2 Gm 5 Oct. 20 CHC 8, LAD 4 Gm 6 Oct. 22 CHC 5, LAD 0 • NLCS coverageShop for postseason gear: Cubs | Dodgers
• The Cubs have snapped the longest streak without an appearance in a championship game or series in any of the four major North American sports.
• The 174 combined years between championships for the Cubs and Indians — is the highest total of any final two teams, topping the 130 combined winless years between the Astros and White Sox in the 2005 Fall Classic.
• Tavern owner Billy Sianis, who supposedly set the “Curse of the Billy Goat” in motion during the 1945 World Series, passed away on Oct. 22, 1970 — exactly 46 years to the day before the Cubs finally clinched another trip to the Fall Classic.
• The Cubs are the first team to win a LCS-clinching game with at least five players 25-or-younger in the starting lineup.
• Chicago snapped an 0-for-6 streak in potential NLCS clinching games, which included those famously painful defeats in 1984 and 2003.
• A total of 403 World Series games have been played since the last contest featuring the Cubs in 1945.
• A dominant combination of Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman faced the minimum 27 batters. The Cubs are only the second team to …
