The longest drought in professional sports is history, as the Chicago Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians and captured their first World Series title in 108 years.

Ben Zobrist, who drove in a run in the top of the 10th inning and was Chicago's most consistent player throughout the series, was named World Series MVP following the Cubs' triumph.

The Cubs were hoping to get off to a good start against Corey Kluber, and Dexter Fowler ensured that is exactly what happened. The center fielder took a two-seam fastball and hit a towering home run over the center field fence to give the Cubs an early 1-0 lead.

Kyle Schwarber then reached on an infield single, but even after a stolen base he was stranded as Ben Zobrist flew out to end the scoring threat.

Game Photos: Cubs, Indians in 2016 World Series

It appeared that Kyle Hendricks was going to cruise through the bottom of the frame, but an error by Javier Baez allowed the inning to continue. Hendricks didn't seem to mind however, as he induced a fielder's choice by Mike Napoli to get the Cubs out of the inning.

In the bottom of the second, the Indians got two baserunners, but both were cut down by good work by Hendricks. Jose Ramirez was picked off of first base for the first out, and then Lonnie Chisenhall was erased as Rajai Davis grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to get the Cubs out of a potential jam.

Hendricks' quality pitching couldn't save him in the third inning as the Indians tied up the game. Coco Crisp led off the inning with an opposite field double, and after he advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt Carlos Santana drove him in with an RBI single to knot things up at 1-1.

The Indians continued to threaten as Jason Kipnis got on base with another error by Baez, but Hendricks pitched out of it again. He induced a flyout from Lindor and got Napoli to line out to third base to keep the game tied.

Kris Bryant led off the top of the fourth inning with a single, and with the slugger on third base and one out, Addison Russell lifted a high fly ball to center field. Bryant broke for home on the play, and the throw from Rajai Davis was too high to get him as he gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead.

Willson Contreras then came up to bat, and he put a charge into a ball to deep center field. The ball did bounce off the top of the wall, but it was far enough to drive in Ben Zobrist to extend Chicago's lead to 3-1.

The power surge continued for the Cubs in the fifth inning as Baez chased Corey Kluber from the game. Leading off the frame, Baez launched an opposite field home run to put the Cubs ahead 4-1.

Bryant coaxed a walk against new Indians pitcher Andrew Miller, and he showed off his incredible baserunning skills to score yet another run for the Cubs. On a hit-and-run, Rizzo smacked a double to right field, and Bryant hustled all the way around to score the Cubs' fifth run of the evening.

Those runs came in handy as the Indians got a pair of scores back in the bottom of the frame. After Hendricks gave way to Jon Lester, Kipnis reached base on an infield single to put runners on second and third with two outs, and a wild pitch by Lester allowed Santana and Kipnis to score and make it a 5-3 game.

With momentum slipping away, the Cubs got a run right back in the sixth inning, and it was David Ross who did the honors. In his final big league game, Ross drilled a home run over the center field wall to give the Cubs back a 6-3 lead.

That score held until the bottom of the eighth inning as the Indians chipped into Chicago's lead. Jose Ramirez got a two out single off of Lester, and when Aroldis Chapman came into the game, he gave up an RBI double to Brandon Guyer to make it a 6-4 game.

Rajai Davis then stepped into the batter's box and drove a stake into the hearts of Cubs fans. On a two-strike pitch, Davis golfed a home run over the left field wall to tie the game at 6-6.

After Jason Heyward was stranded at third base in the top of the ninth, the Indians had a chance to win in the bottom of the frame, but Chapman worked a 1-2-3 inning to keep the team's chances at a title alive.

After a brief rain delay, the Cubs got the lead-off runner on in the 10th inning and scored the go-ahead run. Zobrist, who has the best batting average of any player in the World Series, smacked an opposite field RBI double to give the Cubs a 7-6 lead.

After an intentional walk to Russell, Miguel Montero came up and delivered another clutch hit, hitting an opposite field single to drive in Rizzo and make it an 8-6 game.