The Royals possessed the chin of a champion.
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• Saxon: Dodgers' season ends with a thud; will the other shoe drop? Except that haul was highlighted by Cain and Alcides Escobar — two foundational pieces for the Royals’ rise, the centerfielder and the shortstop, the smiling No. While Volquez was away, the team maintained minimal contact with him. The series was broadcast by Fox and Fox Sports 1 in the United States, with Fox airing Game 1 and Fox Sports 1 airing Games 2–6.
They had to navigate so much to get here. • Crasnick: Houston rockets to 2-1 advantage behind Keuchel • Stark: How the Cubs went from a mostly average team to a powerhouse Mike Moustakas hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and finished with a franchise-record nine RBIs as the Royals beat the Orioles 14-6 on Saturday. • Experts make their World Series predictions Some of the people who drive through these neighborhoods are the men who made it happen.
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They’ll get old together, the same way Brett and White and Willie Wilson and Bret Saberhagen have grown old together in our memories. Hosmer’s double scored Cain, and situational hitting was required here. Harvey pumped his fist as he headed for his dugout.
The players mourned the loss and sought to convert the pain into fuel for 2015. • Uni Watch: Mets face Royals in blue battle • Crasnick: Royals-Blue Jays on a collision course The Kansas City Royals last missed the playoffs in 2020. • Stats & Info: Mets offense sputtering in just about every way
Some have divorces. • Rubin: Mets' greatest retaliation was winning Game 3 • Caple: Is it Blue Jays' turn to invoke '85 for epic ALCS comeback? This is a long time coming. When Moustakas led off the seventh with a hit, Harvey stranded him at first. The Kansas City Royals last made the playoffs in 2015, when they won the World Series. So he stole second base. • Padilla: Alcides Escobar leading Royals' charge The players tried to treat this like any other ordinary day. • Rubin: Mets one win from pennant after topping Cubs • Drehs: Cubs' secret weapon? • Rubin: Mets have aces too, and rotation depth
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Collins fetched Harvey and handed the baseball over to Jeurys Familia. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2020. Do you have a blog? The Royals have caught some breaks, both in the big picture, and in particular moments during these playoffs. • Rubin: Mets' Murphy likely goner after 2015 • Stark: Wacky night in Wrigley brings Mets to brink of Fall Classic He learned minutes after leaving the mound in Game 1 about the death of his father. During Game 1, Harvey generated only two strikeouts. 9th: K. Morales doubled to deep right, Hosmer to third. “I’m pretty sure my dad is going to be proud of me when I pitch tomorrow on the mound,” he said. How did this happen? Below are original stories, front pages and photos that appeared in the Nov. 2, 2015 editions of The Kansas City Star, the day after the Royals beat the Mets 7-2 and captured their first crown since 1985: NEW YORK — The euphoria of a championship years in the making and once so fundamentally unrealistic fills an otherwise quiet stadium.
Then Alex Rios hit the first pitch he saw from reliever Will Harris into left field. Caple: After G4 mound disaster, can Blue Jays regroup for Game 5? Their flag will fly atop, and a few of them may get their numbers retired next to George Brett’s, Frank White’s and Dick Howser’s.
• Greenberg: Even down 2-0, Cubs provide plenty to dream on • Crasnick: Volquez, Royals one win from a WS title 1st: Machado singled to shallow left center. • Rogers: Cubs' power takes them to NLCS Nobody knows where the future will take these guys. It may be difficult to recall now, in the wake of popped bottles and kept promises, but the Royals looked on the verge of a collapse in Houston. The Royals had come back from deficits in all three victories over the Astros in the division series, in Game 2 against the Blue Jays during the ALCS and in Game 1 of the World Series, when the Royals won in 14 innings. The Kansas City Royals last missed the playoffs in 2020. • Rubin: How the Mets were built • Jacob deGrom, Mets get better of Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers Tuesday, Oct. 6, Related content • Stark: Cubs' slugging feats rock Wrigley Field in Game 3
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• Greenberg: Wrigley winter begins with bitter sweep, but Cubs' future is bright With Hosmer’s run, Familia had blown his third save of the World Series, which had never happened. Hosmer did not let the baseball pass, thumping an opposite-field, RBI double. That night, so many months ago, solidified the ethos of this team. • Caple: After G4 mound disaster, can Blue Jays regroup for Game 5? Baseball’s best story, baseball’s only story, the group that spent nearly a full decade building for this one moment and then a postseason making sure they would never be forgotten. Moustakas singled to center, Cain and Hosmer scored, K. Morales to third, Moustakas to second on throwing error by center fielder Jones. • Rubin: Mets' Game 4 starter Matz expected to appear out of bullpen • Edes: How the epic Rangers-Blue Jays seventh inning unfolded • Stats & Info: How to pitch to Josh Donaldson, • Stark: Cubs win first postseason series at Wrigley • Stats & Info: Chicago vs. N.Y. has long postseason rivalry UFC real or not: Zhang -- not Nunes -- would be better superfight opponent for Shevchenko, Sanders' legal threat nixes beer trolling Lions, Markieff Morris returns to Lakers to 'run it back', MVS: Tweet on threats to show players 'human', Steph Curry and Phil Mickelson already taking shots at Charles Barkley's golf swing, Hamilton set for knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II, Stark: Champion Royals crowned the kings of improbability, Crasnick: Pinch-hit hero Colon rises to Royals' occasion in Game 5, Schoenfield's Top 5: The Royals are WS champs, Rubin: Collins takes blame for Mets' 9th-inning collapse, O'Connor: Collins made the right call sticking with Harvey, Stats & Info: Top stats to know about the Royals' WS win, World Series Game 5 photo gallery: Royals win crown in Queens, Rubin: Mets' Cespedes leaves Game 5 after fouling ball off his knee, Rubin: Free agent-to-be Daniel Murphy 'blessed to have been a Met', Crasnick: Royals break through late again to win 2015 World Series, Rubin: Harvey, Familia falter in ninth, Mets season ends in elimination, O'Connor: Mets counting on Harvey to save their season, Schoenfield: Edinson Volquez vs. Matt Harvey pitching preview, Crasnick: Volquez, Royals one win from a WS title, Rubin: Facing elimination, Mets send Dark Knight to the mound, Crasnick: Royals complete another comeback in Game 4 win, Stark: Murphy's error helps put Mets on the brink, World Series Game 4 Top 5: Relentless Royals rally again, Rubin: Cespedes struggles afield, at bat and on the bases in loss, Rubin: Familia dealt second blown save of WS, Rubin: Rookie Michael Conforto's two-homer game wasted, Stats & Info: Top 10 stats to know from WS Game 4, Crasnick: Royals rally late against Mets pen, take commanding 3-1 lead, Rubin: Mets' season on the brink after Murphy's boot lifts Royals, Schoenfield: Rios forgets how many outs there are in a WS game, Stark: Mets feed off Wright's storybook moment, Crasnick: Ventura's shabby outing leads to Game 3 loss, Royals set off by Syndergaard's 'message pitch' in Game 3, Stats & Info: Top 10 stats to know from Game 3, Schoenfield's Top 5: Wright plays the hero for home fans, Schoenfield: History made as Mondesi debuts in World Series, Rubin: Captain Wright drives in four as Mets top Royals in Game 3, Crasnick: Royals routed as Ventura, bullpen struggle against Mets, Crasnick: Escobar, Zobrist thriving atop Royals' lineup, Rivera: Yordano Ventura strives to keep emotions, batters in check, O'Connor: Mets have time to do something special, Rubin: Down 0-2, Mets place faith in Syndergaard, Dobrow: Growing old and staying young as a Mets fan. Volquez assured Eiland he could pitch. Updated: Royals 2015 playoff schedule, TV times | … • Rubin: Mets want to tab Syndergaard for Game 2 start • Schoenfield: Edinson Volquez vs. Matt Harvey pitching preview On any block in any neighborhood back home you might see two, three, four blue Royals flags out front. They won their first division title in 30 years. Hosmer flailed at a curveball for a second strikeout.
To help you relive the moments from that magical October, we’ve dug into our archives. • Crasnick: Dominant Cueto, relentless O lead Royals to Game 2 win 5th: Rios reached on infield single to shortstop. Will Crawford stay at Top Rank? • Kurkjian: Top 5 World Series questions
Wednesday, Oct. 7, • Stark: Wild wild-card win sends a message -- don't mess with the Cubs
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. • Rubin: After lengthy rehab in L.A., David Wright delivers big hit there It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season.
The Royals celebrate Lorenzo Cain scoring the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning of Game 6 to beat the Blue Jays. The best team in franchise history will be honored with a parade on Tuesday, along Grand Boulevard, the same route they took 30 years ago. Champions. • Schoenfield: Five reasons Royals are better than last year • Rubin: Collins, Maddon have long-term relationship The Kansas City Star’s coverage of the Royals’ 7-2 victory in World Series Game 5 over the New York Mets on November 1, 2015 that clinched KC’s first baseball championship since 1985. The players, the coaches, the executives. • Top 5: Mets' G2 win a reminder starting pitching matters • Rubin: Lucas Duda awakens to lift Mets to World Series Volquez allowed two runs in six innings and helped the Royals seize the second World Series championship in franchise history.