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(1935) Detroit 4, Chicago Cubs 2

The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions and the Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff matches.

Before the 1935 World Series, the Tigers had never won a World Championship, while the Cubs hadn't been to the Series since 1918 and hadn't won one since 1908.The Series opened in Motown, but the Cubs took Game 1 behind Lon Warneke's four-hit shutout. Chicago scored two runs in the first and added another in the ninth to make the final score 3-0. The Tigers evened things up, with an 8-3 triumph in Game 2. Cub’s starter Charlie Root pitched to only four batters, all of whom scored, while Tommy Bridges went the distance for Detroit.

At Wrigley Field for Game 3, the Tigers tallied four runs in the eighth to grab a 5-3 edge. In the bottom of the ninth, three singles and a sacrifice fly resulted in two Chicago runs. Detroit scored an unearned run off Larry French in the top of the 11th, and in the bottom of the frame Schoolboy Rowe, retired three straight Chicago hitters to complete the victory.

Game 4 was a 2-1 squeaker, with Detroit's Alvin, General, Crowder topping Chicago's Tex Carleton. Crowder, himself, scored the first Tiger run in the third inning, and the second came as the result of two Cub errors in the sixth. Chuck Klein's two-run homer in the third gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead in Game 5, and they made it 3-0 in the seventh. Lon Warneke tossed six scoreless innings. Bill Lee finished the game with three innings of relief, as the Cubs staved off elimination with the 3-1 decision.

In Game 6, Cubs second baseman Billy Herman went 3-for-4 with three RBI, Runs Batted In. But after eight innings, the contest was tied at three. Detroit pitcher Tommy Bridges gave up a triple to Stan Hack. Bridges then locked up the Series by retiring the next three batters in a row. And in the bottom of the ninth, Goose Goslin's two-out single to right field plated Mickey Cochrane with the game-winning, championship-clinching run. On their fifth try, the Tigers had finally won a World Series.

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