<Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> St. Louis Cardinals </Td> <Td> Texas Rangers </Td> <Td> 6--2 </Td> <Td> Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri </Td> <Td> Cardinals became the second team to be one strike away from elimination and come back to win the series, which they did twice . Just like the 1991 series, a walk - off home run in the bottom of the eleventh inning of game six, forced this decisive game with David Freese providing the fire power . Most recent game seven won by the home team . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> San Francisco Giants </Td> <Td> Kansas City Royals </Td> <Td> 3--2 </Td> <Td> Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri </Td> <Td> Like in 2002, both World Series teams were wild card entrants into the playoffs . The Giants became the first NL team to win a game seven on the road since 1979 . NLCS MVP and eventual World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner, normally a starter, pitched five scoreless innings of relief on two days rest to save the Giants' third title in five years . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Chicago Cubs </Td> <Td> Cleveland Indians </Td> <Td> 8--7 F / 10 </Td> <Td> Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio </Td> <Td> Chicago Cubs' first World Series win since 1908 . Game played between the two teams (Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs) with the longest active championship droughts . The Cubs are the first Major League Baseball team to come back to win the World Series from a 3--1 series deficit since the 1985 Royals . Most recent World Series game seven to be decided in extra innings . First extra innings game seven to be won by the road team . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Houston Astros </Td> <Td> Los Angeles Dodgers </Td> <Td> 5--1 </Td> <Td> Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles </Td> <Td> First instance of back - to - back game sevens since 2001--2002 . First World Series championship for the Astros, who became the first AL team to win a World Series game 7 on the road since 1972 . The Astros became the second team to win two winner - take - all game sevens in the same postseason since the Kansas City Royals in 1985 . </Td> </Tr>

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