2015 World Series Game 5: Live Score, Highlights, and Analysis

The New York Mets were unable to hold on to a late-inning lead in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series, as the Kansas City Royals won the title on Sunday night.

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Harvey got off to a good start in the first inning, as he allowed a single to Lorenzo Cain on a pitch that jammed Cain. Cain was able to steal second base against HArvey, but the Dark Knight would strikeout Eric Hosmer to end the threat.

The Mets couldn’t have gotten off to a better start in the first innning, as Curtis Granderson hit a solo home run to start the game.

Despite an error to start the inning by David Wright, Harvey was able to navigate through the mistake and get out of the inning without any harm.

Volquez was able to bounce back with a strong second inning after the home run in the first inning by Granderson.

In the top of the third, Harvey shockingly allowed a single to Volquez, but Alcides Escobar grounded into a double play.

Volquez continued to pitch well in the third inning for the Royals, as the Mets didn’t get a runner on base for the second straight inning. Harvey continued his great pitching in the fourth inning, as unlike in his first start, Harvey was able to strikeout the Royals batters. Volquez continued the pitchers duel in the bottom half of the inning, as he only allowed a walk to Daniel Murphy.

In the fifth inning, Harvey continued to paint the corners with his pitches, as he made it through five without allowing a run. The Mets were able to get two runners on in the bottom of the fifth, but Harvey was unable to knock them in, as Volquez got out of the jam.

Harvey pitched well once again in the top of the sixth inning, as he was able to avoid a problem in the inning despite a single by Ben Zobrist. In the bottom half of the sixth inning, the Mets would load the bases with no outs, but were only able to score one run on a sac-fly by Lucas Duda. Yoenis Cespedes fouled a ball off his knee, but shockingly was allowed to stay in the game despite clearly being in a ton of pain after he made an out.

A pumped up Harvey kept his shutout going in the seventh inning, and showed a lot of emotion to the loud Citi Field crowd.

In the eighth inning, Harvey continued to roll, as he didn’t allow a runner to reach.

Disaster would strike in the ninth inning for the Mets, as a lead-off walk by Harvey would come back to doom the Mets. Collins surprisingly didn’t pull Harvey after the walk, and then a double by Eric Hosmer gave the Royals their first run of the game. Collins would pull Harvey after allowing the run for Jeurys Familia. Familia would get the first batter to ground out to first, but Hosmer was able to go to third. A dribbler to Wright at third base would result the second out of the inning, but Hosmer took off for home plate, and an awful throw home by Duda allowed him to score and tie the game.

Duda nearly redeemed himself in the bottom of the ninth inning, but his bid for a home run came up just short in the ninth.

Familia stayed on to pitch in the 10th inning, and it was much better than in the ninth for the Mets, as the Royals didn’t get any runners on base. In the bottom of the 10th inning, the Mets weren’t able to get to the Royals’ bullpen, as they went down in order.

Both team remained scoreless in the 11th inning, as the battle of the bullpens got into full gear in Citi Field.

In the 12th inning the Royals would get to Reed and take the lead, as the speed of the Royals really hurt the Mets. Colon would hit an RBI single to score Dyson in the inning, as the Royals took their first lead of the game. An Escobar double led to the Royal’s fourth run of the game. With the bases loaded in the 12th, Cain cleared them with a double in the inning to extend the Royals’ lead to 7-2

Wade Davis would come on in the bottom of the 12th inning to shut the door on the Mets, as the Royals became the 2015 Champions.