page_title: Mike Montgomery (baseball)
section_title: 2016 Season
hierarchical_section_title: Mike Montgomery (baseball) / Professional career / Chicago Cubs / 2016 Season
caption_attribution_description: Cubs reliever Mike Montgomery delivers a pitch in the 10th inning of World Series Game 7.
context_page_description: Michael Paul Montgomery is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Royals in the first round of the 2008 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in 2015. The Mariners traded him to the Chicago Cubs in 2016. Montgomery recorded the save in Game 7 of the Cubs' 2016 World Series championship.
context_section_description: On July 20, 2016, the Seattle Mariners traded Montgomery and prospect Jordan Pries to the Chicago Cubs for prospects Dan Vogelbach and Paul Blackburn. After allowing a three-run home run to the first batter he faced as a Cub, Montgomery performed well during the remainder of the season. He pitched in 17 games (including five starts), with a 2.82 ERA with the Cubs. 
  
  Montgomery had a strong postseason performance in 2016, playing an instrumental role in the team's championship run. Cumulatively he went 1-1, including 11 appearances, ​14 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched, and a 3.14 ERA. Most notably, Montgomery relieved Carl Edwards Jr. in the bottom of the 10th inning in Game 7 of the World Series. With a runner on first base and two outs in a one-run game, he finished the game with a ground out to third base. Montgomery earned his first career save, winning the World Series for the Chicago Cubs for the first time in 108 years.
caption: Mike Montgomery pitches the final out in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.
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