Bartolo Colon allowed a walk-off sac fly to Eric Hosmer in the bottom of the 14th inning after Jeurys Familia blew a save in the bottom of the ninth as the New York Mets lost Game 1 of the World Series to the Kansas City Royals, 5-4, Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium.
David Wright’s throwing error drew Lucas Duda off the bag to allow Alcides Escobar to reach first. Ben Zobrist, who went 3-for-6, singled to put runners on the corners with no one out. Colon (0-1) then walked Lorenzo Cain to bring up Hosmer, who made a critical error that gave the Mets an eighth-inning lead.
Hosmer hit a fly ball to right field and Curtis Granderson’s throw was late to the plate.
Juan Lagares scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning when Hosmer misplayed a Wilmer Flores grounder. Lagares, a defensive replacement in the sixth inning, hit a two-out single on the ninth pitch of his at-bat against Kelvin Herrera in the top of the eighth and stole second base ahead of Salvador Perez’s throw.
Wilmer Flores hit a grounder down the first-base line to Hosmer, who tried backhanding the ball but let it bounce over his glove and into right field, allowing Lagares to score and giving the Mets a 4-3 lead.
In the bottom of the ninth, Familia blew his first save since July 30 by surrendering a solo home run to Alex Gordon, who hit it deep to straightaway centerfield to tie the game.
The Mets went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base. Wright struck out with two runners on base in the top of the 11th inning and New York didn’t record a hit off Chris Young (1-0), Kansas City’s Game 4 starter, in the 12th, 13th or 14th innings.
Colon pitched out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the 12th inning and left a runner stranded on second base to end the 13th inning.
Matt Harvey struck out just two batters and allowed three runs in six innings for the Mets, who have not won a World Series Game 1 in five appearances.
Edinson Volquez, pitching on the day his father passed away, allowed three runs and six hits in six innings for the Royals. It has yet to be determined whether he found out about his father’s death before the game or afterward.
Daniel Murphy went 2-for-7 but snapped his six-game home run streak. Wright and Duda both had two hits.
The Royals scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie the game at 3. After Harvey allowed back-to-back hits, Hosmer hit a sac fly to make it a 3-2 game. Cain stole second and scored the tying run on Moustakas’ single to right-centerfield.
The Royals jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on Escobar’s leadoff inside-the-park home run. He hit a deep flyball between Yoenis Cespedes and Michael Conforto, and the ball deflected off Cespedes’ right knee and into left field, allowing Escobar to circle the bases.
The Mets scored a run in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Travis d’Arnaud hit an RBI infield single to third base to tie the game at 1 and Granderson hit a solo home run in the fifth inning.
In the sixth inning, Cespedes and Duda hit back-to-back singles to lead off the inning, and Conforto drove in Cespedes with a sac fly to left to make it 3-1.
Game 2 of the World Series will be played Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.
Jacob deGrom (3-0, 1.80 ERA) will face Johnny Cueto (1-1, 7.88 ERA).
Matthew Cerrone
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I’m pretty sure this game shaved a full year off my life, maybe two. It was everything the experts predicted. It was nip and tuck, pitch for pitch, stolen base for stolen base, hit for hit every step of the way. It’s been said a million times, and this will not be the last, but these two teams are so evenly matched. After tonight, I believe we’re in for a classic, memorable, exhausting and entertaining World Series. So, buckle up. That said, the loss hurts, but the Mets showed they are more than just a fastball, home run team. They can do little things, be in position to make smart plays, take extra bases and manufacture runs just like the Royals. Unfortunately, tonight they scored one fewer.
Here’s a few more things that got my attention, during the 14-inning marathon…
In the last play of the game, was Granderson trying to throw out the runner or hit the blimp … I have new faith in Jon Niese as a relief pitcher. He looked great tonight … I want Colon on the Mets next season. I have no idea what he’ll do, but his legend must continue in Queens … Granderson made an outstanding catch in the 11th inning, on his horse in the gap, snow coning a ball that would have been a leadoff triple … Perez had pine tar all over his socks, which he was picking up when throwing the ball back to the pitcher. … Lagares fouled off three straight pitches against Herrera, which clocked at 81 then 100 then 91, which is amazing … Lagares had a nice night after coming in for defensive purposes, grinding out a huge at-bat, stealing a base and laying down a bunt … Instead of bringing a bat to hit, Michael Cuddyer should leave it in the dugout and instead wave his hands at the pitcher in hopes of distracting him. It’s his only chance of reaching base these days … Nice work by Young, whom I spent an entire day writing about in 2011, when his height was a story in Mets camp … Good call, blue, Wright was out … Speaking of Wright, yikes, rough night … I trust Familia will recover, shake it off and not go in to Game 2 a bit gun shy, but we’ll see … Every time Flores picked a ball by his side to end an inning with the winning run on base, which happened three times, I lost my breath … Kansas City’s bullpen is like a brick wall. In the way the Mets keep coming at you with a hard-throwing, starting pitchers, the Royals seem to have an endless supply of a incredible relievers … I’m afraid of what this game is going to mean for tomorrow, I mean today, in Game 2. How will everyone respond? … Anyway, we’ll know soon, go get some sleep, we get to do this again in 15 hours.
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