Mets lost to the Royals in the 14th inning
Royals Beat Mets in Game 1 of World Series
10/28/15 — Mets and Royals played in an exciting game that the game until the 14th inning to decide the winner.
The Mets and the Royals played a long evening’s journey into night on Tuesday and then Wednesday five hours and 14 innings worth. For the first time in several weeks, the Mets lost a game that they held within their grasp. Afterward, they looked vacant-eyed.
Much like the Royals, the Mets are difficult to flatten. They scored a run in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings — including a line-drive home run by Curtis Granderson — and took a 3-1 lead.
But that two-run lead soon disappeared, and it was Harvey, the Mets’ ace, who gave it back. In the bottom of the sixth, he quickly surrendered a double, a single and a sacrifice fly and with the score now 3-2, and the tying run on second, Harvey faced Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, who stood there, holding his hands loose and low.
Harvey pitched. Whap! Moustakas rapped a single and tied the game.
Gordon hit that pitch 438 feet to straightaway center field. The score, once again, was tied.
In the 12th inning, the Mets’ Señor Timeless himself walked into the game. Bartolo Colon is all about ease and skill and calm, and for two innings he kept the Royals off balance and repeatedly swinging off the wrong foot like so many awkward dancers.
In Colon’s third inning, however, disaster visited, or at least its first cousin. That same Escobar, who caused so much trouble in the first inning, hit a grounder to Wright. The ball ran up the third baseman’s wrist, hit his midsection and plopped to the dirt. Wright picked it up and whipped a sidearm boleo throw to the first baseman. His aim was off, and Escobar reached base on an error. A single, a walk, a sacrifice fly and Escobar scored. The Royals had won the first game.
