#ALEX GORDON GAME 1 HOMER SERIES#

“We’re on off hours, so there’s not much traffic. He planned to sleep at his parents’ home Friday night and commute to the ballpark, just as he’s done for much of his rookie season. The 24-year-old lefty from Long Island grew up a Mets fan about 50 miles from Citi Field.

#ALEX GORDON GAME 1 HOMER SERIES#

Mets: Matz made all of six major league starts during the regular season, and his World Series assignment is storybook stuff.

“I’m not worried about bouncing back.” The 6-foot-10 Princeton product, who has overcome a string of substantial injuries, went 5-9 in 24 starts for the Mets from 2011-12. Royals: Young won the opener in relief Tuesday, throwing 53 pitches and striking out four over three hitless innings. Granderson waited until the third inning Friday - though the Mets did get a home run from their second batter of the night Tommie Agee (1969), Wayne Garrett (1973) and Lenny Dykstra (1986) all went deep to start the game. New York’s leadoff hitter has a Game 3 homer in four of the club’s five trips to the World Series. The 20-year-old son of 1994 NL Rookie of the Year Raul Mondesi pinch-hit in the fifth inning and struck out on four pitches.

Mondesi, added to Kansas City’s roster Tuesday, became the first player to make his major league debut in the World Series. That put the Mets ahead to stay at 4-3, making it the first World Series game with three lead changes in the first three innings, according to STATS. He singled leading off the third ahead of Granderson’s second homer of the Series, a line drive off Ventura into the front row of seats in the right-field corner. Syndergaard was a little shaky fielding his position but helped himself at the plate. Alex Rios had an RBI single in the second, and another run scored on Travis d’Arnaud’s passed ball.īut the Royals ran themselves out of a chance at a bigger inning when Alex Gordon was thrown out at third by rookie left fielder Michael Conforto, the safe call reversed following a replay review. Kansas City players spent the next few innings shouting at Syndergaard from the dugout.Įscobar whiffed on a 99 mph heater, yet the Royals hardly looked intimidated as they scored three runs in the first two innings.Įureka native Ben Zobrist doubled and scored on a groundout by Eric Hosmer that gave him 16 RBIs in 14 postseason games this year. The skinny shortstop went down to the dirt on his rear end and stayed there, legs splayed, catching his breath for several seconds. That turned out to be a 97 mph fastball fired just off the inside corner and way over Escobar’s head, eliciting a huge cheer from fans. Well aware of Escobar’s penchant for attacking the first pitch - the ALCS MVP opened Game 1 against New York with an inside-the-park homer - Syndergaard promised Thursday he had “a few tricks” up his sleeve for Escobar. Hometown boy Billy Joel sang the national anthem, same as 29 years ago at Shea Stadium, and Syndergaard caught everyone’s attention with his first delivery to aggressive leadoff hitter Alcides Escobar. Hoping to rekindle the comeback spirit of 1986, when the Mets rallied from an 0-2 World Series hole to beat Boston for their most recent championship, the team played its highlight video from that year on the large scoreboard during batting practice. Slumping slugger Yoenis Cespedes added a sacrifice fly. Pinch-hitter Juan Uribe, just back from a chest injury, had an RBI single in his first plate appearance since Sept. 182 without an RBI in his first World Series, added a two-run single on Kelvin Herrera’s first pitch during a four-run sixth that broke it open.

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