His clutch home run in the bottom of the ninth was the first run allowed by Mets closer Jeurys Familia in the playoffs. Game 1 pivot point: Royals left fielder Alex Gordon hasn’t had a signature moment this postseason … until now. In all, he threw 53 pitches, allowed one walk and struck out four. Then after the Royals failed to score in the bottom of the inning, Young came back out to pitch a scoreless 13th and 14th. Facing the heart of the Mets order, Young struck out Daniel Murphy, Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda – all swinging. The game went so deep into extra innings that the Royals turned their scheduled starter in Game 4 to pitch the 12th. Man of the moment: Of all the pitchers in the Kansas City bullpen who could have won the game in extra innings, Chris Young might have been the least likely. “So to be able to pitch two games if needed in this stadium I think will benefit him.” “More than anything he really feeds off of our home crowd,” Yost said. However, manager Ned Yost slotted Cueto for Game 2 (and if necessary, Game 6) so he would make both starts at home. He gave up eight earned runs in two innings in a blowout loss in Toronto. Kansas City will counter with trade-deadline acquisition Johnny Cueto (11-13, 3.44 ERA), who was just 4-7 with a 4.76 ERA for the Royals. DeGrom has been magnificent this postseason, winning all three of his starts, allowing four earned runs in 20 innings (1.80 ERA) and striking out 27 batters. State of the Series: The Mets will try to rebound from a crushing defeat when they send Jacob deGrom (14-8, 2.54 ERA) to the mound for Game 2 on Wednesday. The game-winner was especially satisfying for Hosmer, whose error in the top of the eighth inning allowed Juan Lagares to score from second base and gave the Mets a 4-3 lead. He moved to third on a single by Ben Zobrist and scored on Hosmer’s medium-deep fly ball to right. Escobar led off the 14th inning and reached on an error by Mets third baseman David Wright. Given new life, the Royals pulled out the walk-off win in the 14th on Eric Hosmer’s sacrifice fly off Bartolo Colon that scored Alcides Escobar from third. The final: If the rest of this year’s World Series is anything like the opener, we truly have a Fall Classic on our hands.ĭown to their final two outs, the Royals staged a dramatic ninth-inning comeback as Alex Gordon’s homer to dead center off Mets closer Jeurys Familia to tie the game. Royals 5, Mets 4 (14 innings). Royals lead series 1-0. – Breaking down Game 1 of the World Series from Kauffman Stadium between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets: Watch Video: FOX broadcast delays World Series
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