Question: who did cubs beat to get to world series
Answer: ALCS Cleveland Indians defeated Toronto Blue Jays , 4 -- 1 NLCS Chicago Cubs defeated Los Angeles Dodgers , 4 -- 2 Broadcast Television Fox ( English ) Fox Deportes ( Spanish ) TV announcers Joe Buck , John Smoltz , Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci ( English ) Carlos Álvarez , Duaner Sánchez , Karim García and Jaime Motta ( Spanish ) Radio ESPN ( English ) ESPN Deportes ( Spanish ) WTAM ( Cleveland Indians ) WSCR ( Chicago Cubs ) Radio announcers Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone ( English ) Eduardo Ortega , José Francisco Rivera , Renato Bermúdez and Orlando Hernández ( Spanish ) Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus ( on In