Major League Baseball
New York Mets
1
Kansas City Royals
7
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Johnny Cueto pitched a two-hitter, Eric Hosmer drove in two more runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Mets 7-1 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Escobar tripled to deep center, Gordon scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Orlando hit sacrifice fly to left, Pérez scored, Gordon to third.
Gordon doubled to left, Moustakas scored, Pérez to third.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Moustakas singled to right, Hosmer scored, K. Morales to third.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Hosmer singled to center, Rios and Escobar scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Escobar singled to center, Gordon scored, Rios to second.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Duda singled to shallow left center, Murphy scored, Céspedes to third.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
Céspedes flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 2
Murphy to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 1: ball 1
Céspedes batting
Murphy walked.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Murphy batting
Wright grounded out to third.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
Wright batting
Granderson grounded out to second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Granderson batting
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
Cain popped out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
Cain batting
Zobrist grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 2: in play
Showing the last 40 of 542 events.
Alcides EscobarSS3
Ben Zobrist2B18
Lorenzo CainCF6
Eric Hosmer1B51
Kendrys MoralesDH36
Mike Moustakas3B18
Salvador PerezC13
Alex GordonLF4
Alex RiosRF15
Paulo OrlandoRF16
Curtis GrandersonRF21
David Wright3B5
Daniel Murphy2B9
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Lucas Duda1B9
Travis d'ArnaudC16
Michael ConfortoDH30
Wilmer FloresSS41
Juan LagaresCF10
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