Matt Harvey 8IP 2R 2ER 2BB 9K Blown Save Jeurys Familia 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Jon Niese 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K Loss Addison Reed ⅓IP 5R 4ER 1BB 0K
Bartolo Colon ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Home Runs
KC
none
NYM
Curtis Granderson - Bottom 1st solo shot to center
Starting Lineups
KC
1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Ben Zobrist, 2B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Mike Moustakas, 3B
6. Salvador Perez, C
7. Alex Gordon, LF
8. Alex Rios, RF
9. Edinson Volquez, P
NYM
1. Curtis Granderson, RF
2. David Wright, 3B
3. Daniel Murphy, 2B
4. Yoenis Cespedes, CF
5. Lucas Duda, 1B
6. Travis d'Arnaud, C
7. Michael Conforto, LF
8. Wilmer Flores, SS
9. Matt Harvey, P [Reply]
I'm not worried at all if we don't do it tonight, and I'd KIND of like to see us do the whole thing and finish shit off in real time, but I just want the W period.
KIND of feel the same way about them winning at home, and I'd more than likely go to game 6.... but yeah, finish it tonight. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRock:
His number's aren't huge but in all 3 of the Royals wins so far, the winning or tying runs have scored from a Hosmer at-bat.
I think you also have to look at Moustakas, who has put up good numbers at the plate, with some big hits at crucial times, and has made some outstanding defensive plays. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
And Joe Buck just said he "could make the case that this is the best team I've covered in 18 years [in the World Series]."
Insanity. Love the Royals but we're damn lucky not to be down 3-1. Let alone beating Houston. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO:
It's not luck when it's happened consistently over a year and a half, plus the last half of the prior year.
Yep, and with how good the Royals have been defensively, you can say the Mets have been pretty lucky, too... seems like they've made more errors and dumb mental mistakes this series than the rest of the postseason, where as the Mets weren't exactly a great defensive team to begin with, from what I've read.
A lot of that washes out and you end up with the same relentless Royals team that we've watched for 200+ games. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
And Joe Buck just said he "could make the case that this is the best team I've covered in 18 years [in the World Series]."
He was comparing our offense to the 98 Yankees earlier this postseason. I don't think we're quite that good, and our starting pitching isn't as good as theirs. That 98 Yankees team won like 114 games during the season. We could've won more if we hadn't fell asleep in September, but still. We're better defensively and have a deeper bullpen, but the 98 Yankees were an all time great team. [Reply]
