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New York Mets vs. Kansas City Royals: Live Score, Highlights, and Analysis

By Nick Ziegler

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It took 14 innings, but the Kansas City Royals were finally able to win Game 1 at home against the New York Mets.

Below is all you need to know about what happened in Game 1 of the World Series, as it was a memorable Game 1, and it has set the stage for a great series between the two teams.

Edinson Volquez looked very sharp in the first inning, as he retired the Mets in order, and also was able to strikeout the red hotDaniel Murphy.

The Royals got to a quick start in the bottom half of the first inning, as Alcides Escobar hit a inside the park home run to start things off in the leadoff spot.

Volquez once again looked good in the second inning, as he retired the Mets in order once again.

Matt Harvey worked into and out of some trouble in the second inning, as his command wasn’t very good, but the Royals were unable to score with two runners on base with just one out.

In the top of the third inning, Volquez ran into some trouble with two runners on, but a clutch strikeout of David Wright was able to end the Mets’ threat and hold the Royals’ 1-0 lead.

Harvey settles into a bit of a groove in the third inning, as he keeps the Royals off the bases for the first time in the game. In the fourth inning, Travis d’Arnaud hit a hard ground ball to third base which allowed Murphy to score from third base to tie the game at 1-1. The Mets left a few runners stranded in the inning, but they were still able to even things up with the Royals.

Fox is having some technical difficulties and feed to the game isn’t on television currently.

After the delay for the television outage, the Mets and Harvey were unaffected and he pitched a solid fourth inning.

Curtis Granderson takes Volquez deep in the fifth inning to give the Mets their first lead of the game.

A nice play from Wilmer Flores helps Harvey pitch another clean inning in the fifth. A sac-fly by Michael Conforto scores Yoenis Cespedes, and the Mets take a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning. A great play at third base by the Royals saved another run from scoring, as Wilmer Flores was robbed by Mike Moustakas.

A lead-off double by Ben Zobrist followed by a base hit by Lorenzo Cain set the Royals up in the sixth inning. With no outs and runners on the corners, Eric Hosmer was able to make it a 3-2 game with a sac-fly which scored Zobrist.

After a stolen base by Cain, Moustakas hit an RBI single to score Cain and tie the game in the sixth inning.

Two base-hits by the Mets in the seventh inning gave them a chance to regain the lead, but Cespedes hit a harmless fly ball to left field to end the threat against the Royals’ bullpen. Harvey was pulled from the game in the seventh inning for Addison Reed, who was able to come on and pitch a scoreless frame.

A rare error by Hosmer at first base allows Lagares to score on chopper by Flores, and the Mets are back on top.

Zobrist would strike again in the eight inning with his second lead-off double of the game. A questionable decision to have Cain attempt to bunt after the double ended up resulting in a strikeout for Cain. Hosmer was then unable to redeem himself as the next batter, as Clippard was able to strike him out. Clippard would walk Kendrys Morales with two out, which led to the end of his day for Jeurys Familia. Familia was able to get out of the jam in the eighth inning, as Moustakas grounded out to shortstop. With one out in the ninth inning, Alex Gordon was able to hit a solo home run against Familia to tie the game.

In the 10th inning, Wade Davis pitched a great frame to keep the game tied at 4-4. Niese would come out of the bullpen for the Mets and also pitch very well in extra innings, as he pitched a perfect frame as well.

Ryan Madson got into some trouble in the 11th inning, but with two runners on, Madson was able to strikeout Wright to end the inning in a great battle. in the bottom half of the inning, Niese was able to hold the Royals scoreless despite a line drive off the bag by Salvador Perez which ended up allowing him to reach first.

The Royals went deeper into their bullpen in the 12th inning, as chris Young was able to come in a put the Mets down in order.

Bartolo Colon ran into a lot of trouble in the 12th inning, as the Royals would eventually load the bases after an intentional walk, but Colon was able to get Dyson to fly out to center field to keep the game tied at 4-4.

Young was able to continue his good pitching in the 13th inning, as he only allowed a walk to Flores in the inning. Colon was able to pitch much better in the 13th inning, as he only allowed one base-runner in a scoreless inning to send the game into the 14th inning. Young continued to pitch in the 14th inning, as he was able to set the Mets down in order to give the Royals yet another chance to get to Colon.

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An error by Wright in the 14th would end up costing the Mets Game 1, as Zobrist would get a base-hit to set the Royals up with runners on the corners win nobody out. An intentional walk to Cain set up Hosmer to be the hero, and he delivered with a sac-fly to win the game.

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