The Mets and Royals react to Kansas City’s Game 4 win Saturday in Flushing that left the AL champs one win from the World Series crown.
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
Postgame write up and podcast for tonight’s painful loss…
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Thus game hurts. In the event the Mets go on to lose this series, tonight is the game we’ll look back on the ultimate pain point. Game 1 hurt, too. However, the Royals beat the Mets that game, they won it. In Game 4, the Mets lost the handle. They made foolish mistakes, not just from players, but the manager as well. In a game like this, in a World Series, against a team that just keeps hitting and hitting and scratching out runs, your team is not going to win when making multiple mistakes.
The Mets have had the lead at least once in every game this series, not to mention being up 1 in Game 1 in the ninth, and up 2 in the eighth inning during Game 3, yet they lost both contests. That’s not good enough. There sort of mistakes just can’t happen if the goal is to win a World Series. They have four days to tighten it up or four months of debating what went wrong. It’s their choice…
In this podcast, I rant and rave with Toby Hyde about everything that happened in tonight’s loss, specifically regarding Terry Collins, Daniel Murphy and Yoenis Cespedes...
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Terry’s Take – World Series Game 4
Mets manager Terry Collins speaks to the media after their loss to the Royals in Game 4 of the World Series.
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Murphy’s error costs Mets in Game 4
NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning after second baseman Daniel Murphy‘s error and startled the New York Mets 5-3 Saturday night for a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
The Royals posted their seventh postseason comeback win this October. Now, one more victory in November will clinch their first crown since 1985.
Edinson Volquez, who pitched Game 1 for Kansas City only hours after his father died, has returned from the funeral and will start Game 5 Sunday night. Matt Harvey starts for the Mets.
Mets rookie Michael Conforto hit two home runs, and a sellout crowd kept getting louder and louder on Halloween night. But the fans at Citi Field gasped, then went silent after Murphy’s misplay.
Murphy let Eric Hosmer‘s grounder go under his glove with one out, allowing the tying run to score. Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez followed with RBI singles.
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Game-changing error. Game-ending screwup. A roller coaster of emotions and a huge tease in the ninth inning, only to have the Mets and their fans leave the stadium very, very disappointed.
It’s a game of inches, they say. An inch under Murphy’s glove. An inch out of Murphy’s diving stab. Inches away from victory.
The Mets had two games in their grasps, but left the door open a crack and the Royals came busting through both times. Whereas Game 1 was a hard-fought, exciting and well-played baseball game, Game 4 was far from that. Ugly baseball on all sides of the ball, for both Kansas City and New York.
Matz gave the Mets enough to win. As did Jon Niese, Bartolo Colon and Addison Reed. Tyler Clippard, on the other hand, did not. He has no control and people will be second-guessing pitching him in the eighth inning for the next 24 hours. Jeurys Familia had too big of a mess to clean up, and couldn’t get out of the inning before the Royals took the lead and, eventually, the game.
The Mets now have their backs against the wall for the next, hopefully, three games. They have their big three on the mound in Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard. But, it’s the bats that are in question. They busted out for nine runs in Game 3, but fell quiet again in Game 4. Will they show up for Games 5, 6 or 7?
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Mets On Deck: Playoff Edition, presented by Nissan, with Michael Conforto
Michael Conforto talks with Steve Gelbs about the World Series atmosphere and how much pride he takes in his defense.
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Mets First Pitch: Playoff Edition, presented by Cadillac, with John Smoltz
Former MLB pitcher John Smoltz discusses how special the young Mets rotation is and how they can sustain their success moving forward.
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Tejada thought Utley’s slide was late
Ruben Tejada, who suffered a broken leg in Game 2 of the NLDS from Chase Utley’s hard slide into second base, said he thought the slide was dirty.
“Really late,” Tejada said of the slide, which ended his postseason (Oct. 31).
Tejada was carted off the field after Utley slid hard and late into second base trying to break up a potential double play. He suffered a fractured right fibula, which does not require surgery, but ended his season.
Tejada said he was surprised another middle infielder would slide that hard and late into a base to break up a play. Utley reached out and apologized to Tejada (Oct. 11). Tejada said he accepted the apology, but does not intend to respond (Oct. 31).
“I don’t want to say anything to him because he know what he’s done,” Tejada said (Oct. 31).
Tejada received a standing ovation when he was walked out to the field with a walking boot and Mets cane before Game 3 of the NLCS (Oct. 12). He will no longer have to wear the boot in a matter of weeks and will be ready for spring training (Oct. 31).
The Mets rallied to win the NLDS in five games and swept the Cubs in the NLCS to advance to the World Series.
“I’m happy because we’re here and he’s at home,” Tejada said of Utley (Oct. 31).
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Terry Collins addressed reporters, presented by Cadillac
Mets manager Terry Collins talked to media before Game 2 of the World Series on Tuesday and said…
On Noah Syndergaard‘s comments…
“They are allowed to say whatever they want to say. I don’t muzzle anybody. You’ve got to be able to back it up and he backed it up.”
On what Juan Uribe brings to the Mets team…
“Well, numbers are very, very important and they’re very useful, but there are players who bring a presence to a team and numbers can’t describe it. The personalities, the overachieving, the energy sometimes some guys bring. And Juan Uribe is a guy who has done this before and had success doing it. He’s one of the guys that’s on that bench that I feel, certainly against the Royals, which is why we were really hoping he would be ready for the World Series, who has the innate ability to get to the barrel of the bat to a 97-mile-an-hour fastball. It’s hard to do. But he knows enough. He’s been around long enough to know, hey, I’ve got to start this thing early to get to it.
Last night he got a breaking ball over the plate. You can see he started to swing and then paused but got a base hit to the right field. But he’s not intimidated by what’s going on and I think that’s why it’s important.”
On using Jeurys Familia in the 9th, up six runs…
“Stay sharp for tonight is why I used him. The one thing, he hadn’t pitched in two nights. You don’t know when he’s going to get in again. So I wanted to make sure he got an inning last night. We talked before the game, he wanted to pitch an inning. The more he pitches, the sharper he is.
Yeah, it would have been very easy to pass him last night, not to have to use him. But we don’t have that many more games to play, and he’s a big, strong guy that has to pitch. So I thought one inning wouldn’t hurt him, and he didn’t use that many pitches so he’ll be ready tonight.”
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World Series Game 4: Royals at Mets, presented by GEICO
The Mets look to even the series at home on Saturday for Game 4 of the World Series. First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on Fox.
Tonight’s Starting Lineups
| Mets | Royals |
| 1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF | 1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS |
| 2. David Wright (R) 3B | 2. Ben Zobrist (S) 2B |
| 3. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B | 3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF |
| 4. Yoenis Cespedes (R) CF | 4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B |
| 5. Lucas Duda (L) 1B | 5. Mike Moustaka (L) 3B |
| 6. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C | 6. Salvador Perez (R) C |
| 7. Michael Conforto (L) LF | 7. Alex Gordon (L) LF |
| 8. Wilmer Flores (R) SS | 8. Alex Rios (R) RF |
| 9. Steven Matz (R) LHP | 9. Chris Young (R) RHP |
Tonight’s Pitching Matchup
Steven Matz: Has appeared in six regular season major league games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is tied for fewest career regular season games at the time a pitcher made his first major league World Series start. Matz’ six regular season starts are the third-fewest before his first World Series starts behind Joe Black’s two starts in 1952 for Brooklyn and Bystrom’s five career starts in 1980.
Chris Young: Young, who recorded the win in Game 1 with 3.0 innings pitched in relief, will be looking to become just the second Royals pitcher all-time to win two games in a single World Series (Bret Saberhagen won two games for Kansas City in the 1985 World Series). Young is 0-4 with a 3.61 ERA in nine career starts at Citi Field, but they all came with New York from 2011-12.
Team Notes
Mets Notes: The Mets are 30-14 (.682) all-time at home during postseason play, the best home winning percentage of any major league team in the postseason. The Mets are 4-1 at home this year (1-0 in the World Series, 1-1 in the NLDS vs. Los Angeles and 2-0 vs. Chicago in the NLCS). The Mets are 3-1 in Game 4s in World Series play, including 2-1 at home. The Mets have hit at least one home run in every home game this postseason. The five-game streak is the longest streak for a single postseason in team history and tied for the overall franchise-record (Game 3 of the 1969 NLCS through Game 3 of the 1973 NLCS.
Royals Notes: The Royals’ bullpen had the second-best ERA (2.72) in the regular season, and in the playoffs has recorded a 2.85 ERA. While the Royals and Mets have both hit 17 home runs as a team this postseason, the Royals have scored 21 more runs and have a team batting average 35 points higher. Eric Hosmer is 2-for-11 in the World Series and is batting .200 since Sept. 30. Alcides Escobar has a 13-game postseason hitting streak, during which he has a .382 batting average.
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Matz will live at home living the dream
Before Steven Matz takes the mound for his start in Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday, he will stay in his childhood home in Long Island (Oct. 26).
“I don’t think many people can say that they can sleep in the bed that they slept in for 24 years of their life and then drive in to pitch in the World Series,” Matz, the 24-year-old rookie, said on Monday. “I think that’s pretty cool.”
Matz was born in Stony Brook and went to Ward Melville High School, where the Mets drafted him from in the second round of the 2009 MLB Amateur Draft. His high school is just 49 miles away from Citi Field, where he will pitch the fourth game of the World Series.
“You’re working so hard and with your team and you all have the same goal,” he said. “You’re not focused on, ‘Oh, this is my dream, this is my fantasy I’m living.’ You just don’t think that way. … But it is a blessing that I’m able to do it in my home city.”
Just a few months ago, Matz was with Triple-A Las Vegas. He made his major-league debut at Citi Field in late June. Now, he’s pitching in the Fall Classic.
“In April I was in Triple-A just hoping to get my opportunity,” Matz said. “You grind it out there in the minor leagues. To be able to experience this time of year is unbelievable.”
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Back in the New York groove
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The Mets brought the show home for Citi Field’s first-ever World Series game on Friday night and they’ve officially made it a fair fight. 48 hours after a pair of games that can only be described as demoralizing, they won Game 3 in decisive and dominant fashion.
It didn’t start out that way, though. For the first two innings, it looked like classic Royals Devil Magic as every ball found a hole, helped along by some key non-strike calls I’ll charitably call “borderline.” Syndergaard looked sharp from the very beginning, and even his high-and-tight message pitch to Escobar was perfectly placed.
The three runs charged to Syndergaard came on just one solid hit and a whole lot of sloppy defense, and — with the way it has been going for the Royals — the crowd fell silent, expecting more of the same. But, Syndergaard shut it down. Except for a blip in the sixth, when he loaded the bases on some close calls (and escaped unscathed), he managed something the two experienced aces could not: he stopped Kansas City’s bats. He even struck out six of the seemingly unstrike-out-able. Take note, Mets pitchers, it can be done.
The biggest hero of the night was the one we’ve been waiting for all postseason: David Wright. He started the night with a game-changing two-run shot to put the Mets ahead of the Royals, 2-1, igniting the crowd and reminding us all that we were home now and that we weren’t going down quietly. Then, when the Mets were sitting on a deceptively-thin three-run lead, Wright cracked a bases-loaded single to stretch the margin to five, enough to allow fans to breathe easy and enjoy a long-awaited victory.
The runner-up of the night would have to be Juan Uribe, who entered his first postseason game since 2010 (and his first game of any kind since September) to a roar from the crowd. Already a folk hero in these parts, fans were just happy to have him back on the roster and had moderate expectations for his first at-bat after such a long layoff, a pinch-hit appearance with runners on in the sixth inning. Morales’s pitch was an awful hanging curve, but Uribe was on it and drove in a much-needed insurance run. It’s good to have him back.
The Mets have a ways to go, including at least one necessary victory back in Kansas City if they’re going to end their 29-year championship drought. But after a close heart-breaker and an embarrassing drubbing, they changed the narrative of the juggernaut-Royals and reminded the world that they earned the opportunity to win a World Series title. They gave the home crowd (some of whom paid hundreds of dollars just to stand in the building) something to remember. And they’re not backing down.
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Pictures and observations from Game 3 at Citi Field
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The energy level yesterday in and around Citi Field was up, way up, and it never dipped from hours before until after the game. It was at a consistent, confident level the entire time. I didn’t see a single fan or player looking like anything other than people expecting a win, despite entering the day down 0-2.
It was cold, nobody cared. They say the Royals hit fastballs, Noah didn’t care. The last nine teams down 0-2 lost the World Series, fans didn’t care. The only thing anyone cared about pregame was getting pumped up and getting inside that building to root the Mets on to a win. The confidence, chill and excitement were invigorating.
In the dugout, during Mets batting practice, Sandy Alderson was talking to some of us in front of the bats and helmets. It was Steven Matz‘s turn to hit. Alderson had his back to the wall, blocking where the players would enter to grab their equipment. Matz just stood there, waiting for an opening in the conversation. It was happening. So, ever so delicate, he dipped his head and said, ‘Excuse me, sir, I need my bat.’ Alderson didn’t hear him. Matz tapped him on the arm and again said, ‘Sir, excuse me.’ Alderson acknowledged the situation, moved, patted Steven on the back, smiled and saluted him with a confident head nod. It was sweet moment, speaking to both of their respect and stature.
The 1986 documentary A Year to Remember was playing in all its glory on the Citi Field scoreboard. I spent a foolish amount of time just sitting in the dugout watching it, because that video never gets old. And, to see it up high, larger than life, blaring through the sound system, was pretty cool. I love that video. I still have the VHS of it in the gigantic plastic box. How do they do it? Mirrors.
I watched FOX’s Bill O’Reilly talk to Alex Rodriguez on the field during batting practice, and couldn’t help wonder which of the two has the biggest ego. Together, though, their collective Id is off the charts. I guess Rodriguez wins, since he surrounded by media and a security detail.
There was actually less buzz and media on field before the game than I expected. The All Star Game was significantly more. However, the more I think about it, the All Star Game brings in every team’s beat reporters, radio, etc, not to mention the Futures Game, HR Derby, etc. Nevertheless, it’s always so cool seeing these people work and do what they do.
Joe Torre looked like the Don of baseball. He had a suit on, long black coat and a jet-black fedora pulled down just above his eyes. He never smiled, did nothing but shake hands and hug people. He was surrounded by other guys in suits, and totally looked like a boss.
I forgot how the ballpark moves fast when the team is fun to watch. Every pitch is important in a postseason game, so no one wants to be in the aisles, in line, milling around, checking out the ‘environment.’ The people are there to watch baseball. So, between innings, Citi Field had that old Shea Stadium fervor, people hustling and scrambling to grab a beer, a quick bite and then scurry back to their seats. That said, it’s pretty fun to be in the aisles or upstairs behind home when something big happens in the game, because the celebration gets wild.
I was in line for sausage, peppers and onions when Curtis Granderson hit his home run. I watched it on the giant monitor. The ball landed and people were literally running around in circles, grown men looked like children, everyone was smiling, leaping, high-fiving and hugging strangers. It’s so bizarre on the surface, yet so unbelievably wonderful that people who might ordinarily argue about other aspects of life can bond and share a mutual experience around baseball… especially Mets baseball.
Clearly, David Wright hit a huge home run, made some nice plays in the field, and also had an RBI single, because he ditched that boring country walk-up song and returned to I Got 5 On It by the Luniz.
It’s still incredible to me that I get to be on field, able to just sit back and soak it in. The last time the Mets were in the World Series, I was a 24 year-old college drop out fresh off quitting a job in a call center. My new gig was working for a one-man PR company in Connecticut doing random, menial office errands. However, in time, I was able to learn from a legend of music and entertainment public relations about how to use media, frame discussion and appeal to people with content. Unknowingly, he planted the seeds for MetsBlog, which I wouldn’t start until years later. But, he got me off one path and on to another. The point is, when I’m on the grass at Citi Field, with a credential around my neck, sitting in the dugout, listening to the team’s GM, shaking David Wright’s hand and wishing him good luck, I pinch myself. I never miss the moment to think about what has gone right, how fortunate I am to have readers who enjoy and appreciate my work, who are loyal and passionate and who motivate me to be better.
Thank you. I realize this is a unique and special experience and I love being able to relay it to you. Enjoy this World Series, take it in, don’t gloss over everything it took physically, mentally and emotionally to get here. Because, you never really know when we’ll be back…
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Small ball, timely hitting key in Game 3 win
The Mets took a page out of the Royals’ playbook by using small ball and timely hitting to win Game 3 of the World Series, 9-3, Friday at Citi Field.
Outside of David Wright and Curtis Granderson’s two-run home runs, the Mets manufactured one run in the fourth inning and four in the sixth inning to break through against the Royals’ pitching.
With runners on second and third and no one out in the fourth inning, Michael Conforto drove in Lucas Duda with an infield single to first, beating Eric Hosmer’s dive when neither Yordano Ventura nor second baseman Ben Zobrist covered the bag.
In the sixth inning, Juan Lagares hit a pinch-hit single and scored on Juan Uribe’s pinch-hit single that gave the Mets a 6-3 lead.
“Big contribution from him,” Collins said of Uribe, who hadn’t played since Sept. 25. “He’s such a good guy to have on your club and be in the clubhouse. It’s nice that he had a chance to contribute.”
With runners on the corners, Granderson hit a comebacker to Franklin Morales, but Morales faked a throw to the plate, to third base and to second base before throwing the ball away, allowing Uribe to reach second and Granderson to reach first on the fielder’s choice. The next batter, Wright, lined a two-run single to center to make it 8-3.
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Granderson comes through at plate, in field in Game 3 win
Curtis Granderson went 2-for-5 with a home run and three runs scored in the Mets’ 9-3 win over the Royals in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday at Citi Field.
New York, trailing 3-2 in the third inning, retook the lead on Granderson’s two-run home run down the right-field line off Yordano Ventura.
“We started the inning getting Noah on, which definitely set the tone for us,” Granderson said. “I was trying to get a ball up in the zone that I could handle. (Ventura) did an amazing job of locating the ball down throughout the course of the game. He throws hard, but you try to get something in the zone that you can do something with. He supplied all the power, and it ended up getting out of the ballpark” (Oct. 31).
In the first inning, Granderson reached on an infield single into the shift in right field and scored on David Wright’s home run. Granderson made an impressive running catch on a ball Ben Zobrist hit to right-centerfield to end the fifth inning.
“I looked at (centerfielder Yoenis) Cespedes, and he wasn’t going to get there, so I just kept going,” Granderson said. “We ended up being close and I was able to reel it in to end the inning.”
“That was a great catch in right centerfield,” manager Terry Collins said. “But he’s just had a phenomenal year for us. He picks us up when we’ve needed to be picked up.”
In the sixth inning, he reached base on Franklin Morales’ mental error. With runners on the corners and one out, Granderson hit a comebacker to the mound, but Morales faked to the plate to prevent Wilmer Flores from scoring, then to third, and then to second, but everyone reached base, setting up for Wright’s two-run single.
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Wright breaks out of slump with big game
David Wright broke out of a 2-for-14 slump by going 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs in Friday’s 9-3 win over the Royals in Game 3 of the World Series at Citi Field.
“This is what you dream about as a kid,” Wright said about his home run. “Running around the bases, it’s like floating. You can’t describe the excitement of hitting the home run, and crossing home plate, high-fiving your teammates and looking up into the stands and just seeing people going absolutely nuts. It’s one of those memories that is going to stay with me for the rest of my life” (Oct. 31).
Manager Terry Collins was asked earlier this week if he was planning on dropping Wright in the batting order or perhaps benching him after he had hit .192 through the Mets’ first 11 playoff games.
“I had that suggested to me,” Collins said with a laugh.
Instead, the Mets captain hit a two-run home run in the first inning to give the Mets a 2-1 lead and added a two-run single with the bases loaded in a four-run sixth inning that extended the Mets’ lead to 9-3.
“I’ve only got 13 guys and eight of them got to play,” Collins said. “So you kind of stick with them and we got some big hits tonight from some of the guys that haven’t been swinging very well. … Big hit for him, big hit for us. Got him going.”
In the field, Wright came up with two clutch plays. He held Salvador Perez to a single by chasing after a ball hit in no man’s land, and tagged Alex Gordon out at third base on a reviewed play for the first out of the second inning.
On the play in the second inning, Alex Rios hit an RBI single to left field and Gordon tried to go first to third. Michael Conforto’s throw to Wright was on time and Wright applied the tag to Gordon’s helmet just before his fingers slid into the bag. Third base umpire Gary Cederstrom initially called Gordon safe, but Collins challenged and the play was reversed.
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The lady sitting next to me was crying when Wright rounded the bases. Seriously, there was that much emotion going on in the stands when Wright hit that home run. I didn’t see where the ball landed until I got home and watched the replay, because, in the stands, I only caught the initial swing. After that, all I saw were people jumping, bouncing, hugging, high-fiving and, essentially, losing their minds. It was such an awesome moment, not just for the Mets, but also for David, who entered his first-ever home World Series game in a bit of a slump. Then, this… and I loved the little no-doubt-about-it walk toward first base after he connected, which is something we don’t see from Wright.
More importantly, his swing looked so level and smooth, as opposed to aggressive with an uppercut like he had the previous week or so. He was at the ballpark roughly 10 hours before first pitch, watching video and working with Kevin Long on swing mechanics, so clearly it worked. Stay hot, David…
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Syndergaard settles down to shut down Royals
After allowing six hits through the first two innings, Noah Syndergaard settled down to retire 12 Royals in a row in the Mets’ 9-3 Game 3 World Series win Friday.
Syndergaard struck out six batters and allowed three runs, seven hits and two walks in six innings for the Mets, who now trail the series 2-1.
“When we set up the rotation, the way Noah had been pitching, you kind of look at Game 3 as a pivotal game…..and he delivered,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “He came through exactly how we expected him to.”
He allowed one run in the first inning and gave up four hits and two runs in the second inning, but had 1-2-3 third, fourth and fifth innings before running into trouble again in the sixth.
He surrendered an infield single and back-to-back walks to load the bases for Alex Rios. Terry Collins opted to stick with Syndergaard, who got Rios to ground out to short on his 104th pitch.
“He was throwing so well, and I just kind of liked his power stuff against Rios,” Collins said. “And I was going to give him one more guy, and see if he could get him out and he did it. I just thought that was a situation where, listen, we needed that third out and I thought he was the guy to do it.”
To start the game, Syndergaard threw a 98 mph fastball up and in to Alcides Escobar on the first pitch, knocking him to the ground.
“That’s my plate out there, not theirs,” said Syndergaard, who dropped two curveballs to Escobar before striking him out on a 99 mph fastball.
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Noah is quickly becoming my favorite pitcher on this staff. THIS is what we wanted to see. I love Jake and Harv, but they clearly pitched to a scouting report and let Kansas City’s reputation get in their heads. Syndergaard, on the other hand, used that information and said, ‘No, I don’t think so.’
According to Syndergaard, he had the idea to throw high and tight to Escobar the night before. He talked to his catcher, Travis D’Arnaud, about it when they first got to the ballpark Friday, noting his curve ball would be the next pitch in the sequence. That is awesome and great to hear. This is what Roger Clemens or Pedro Martinez would have done. In fact, this style is what Pedro was literally singing Thor’s praises on the TBS pre- and post-game show during the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Syndergaard is a big, country hardball guy from Texas, who, like Clemens, knows that pitching is about changing speeds and keeping hitters on their toes. He isn’t afraid to get up in their kitchen and make them uncomfortable. If the Royals have a problem with it, they should learn about Roger, Pedro, Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, and countless other legendary, hard-throwing guys who let it be known that the plate belongs to the man on the mound, not the guy in the box.
Lastly, this sets a tone for the rest of the World Series. The Mets said, ‘We’re not afraid, and we’re not done,’ which is how fans and the players entered the building Friday. David Wright showed it with his bat. We showed it with our voices. Noah showed it to Escobar on the first pitch of the game. It ain’t over until we say it’s over…
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Mets/Royals World Series Game 3 Reaction
The Royals and Mets discuss New York’s 9-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series at Citi Field, cutting Kansas City’s series lead to 2-1.
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Terry’s Take: World Series Game 3
Mets manager Terry Collins speaks to media after the team’s 9-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series
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Royals upset at Syndergaard’s first pitch
The Royals are upset with Noah Syndergaard after his first pitch of Game 3 was up and in at Alcides Escobar.
Syndergaard’s first pitch of the game was a 98 mph fastball up near Escobar’s head, knocking him to the ground in the first inning. Kansas City’s Mike Moustakas was seen shouting expletives at Syndergaard from the dugout after the pitch.
“Everyone is upset about it,” Eric Hosmer said (Oct. 31). “You don’t want a teammate have his head thrown at, so everybody is upset.”
Added Alex Rios: “I thought it was weak. Very weak. I thought it was unprofessional” (Oct. 31).
Syndergaard’s response to the Royals: “If they have a problem with me throwing inside, they can meet me 60 feet 6 inches away” (Oct. 31).
He added: “I think it made a statement” (Oct. 31).
Syndrgaard was asked on Thursday how he planned to approach Escobar, who had swung at the first pitch of his at-bats eight of 12 times in the series.
“I have a few tricks up my sleeve that I’ll be able to break out tomorrow night,” Syndergaard said. “I’m looking forward to it.”
After the game, Sydergaard was asked about his aggressive approach.
“That’s my plate out there, not theirs,” Syndergaard told SNY’s Steve Gelbs.
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Mets ride four-run sixth inning to win Game 3
NEW YORK (AP) — David Wright and Curtis Granderson homered, rookie Noah Syndergaard pitched six effective innings and the New York Mets roughed up the Kansas City Royals 9-3 Friday night, cutting their World Series deficit to 2-1.
Shut down in Kansas City, the Mets came out swinging in the first Series game at Citi Field. Wright launched a two-run homer in the first inning and finished with four RBIs as New York broke loose for 12 hits.
Syndergaard set a serious tone with the first pitch, firing a 97 mph fastball to the backstop that sent Alcides Escobar to the dirt and got the crowd buzzing.
Syndergaard struggled early, but the Mets took the lead after a back-and-forth start, chased Yordano Ventura and pulled away.
The Mets will try to even things in Game 4 on Halloween night, when hometown rookie Steven Matz starts against Chris Young, who won the opener in relief.
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Thor set the tone for this game with the first pitch. Up and in. Knock him on his butt. Ready to roll. His six innings were about as good as your could ask out of him, victimized by some funky fielding and bloop hits. But getting Alex Rios out with the bases loaded? A true gut-check moment for him and for the Mets. Definitely the biggest tipping point in the game, and Syndergaard came up big. I like that Terry Collins stuck with the young pitcher in the tough spot — and had it pay off.
Wright and Granderson powered the Mets to a strong offensive game, something the Mets sorely lacked in Games 1 and 2. Also, welcome back Juan Uribe! Dude hasn’t faced major league pitching in over a month? No bother… here’s an RBI single in the World Series.
Pretty much everyone contributed to the Mets offensive outburt in some way, outside of Sports Illustrated cover star Daniel Murphy. He had to cool off eventually, right?
The bullpen came in after Syndergaard and kept the Royals off the board, setting the team up to get revenge on Saturday night and try to even up the series. See you for Game 4, with Steven Matz on the mound…
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Mets On Deck: Playoff Edition, presented by Nissan, with David Wright
David Wright expresses his excitement on playing Game 3 of the World Series in front of the Mets’ fans at Citi Field.
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