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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