After many years of following the Mets from the days of Mike Piazza I can finally say they are going to the World Series. When the Mets won game three you can hear it from two sides, some saying the Mets will finish the Cubs while others believed the Cubs could rally. The Mets wasted no time in the beginning of the game. With Curtis Granderson and Yoenis Cespedes on, Lucas Duda hit a three run homer to centerfield. The very next batter, Travis d'Arnaud hit a homer to right-center and the Mets were up 4-0 after the first inning.
Duda also came up big in the following inning. With David Wright and Daniel Murphy on, Duda doubled into centerfield to score them. 6-0 Mets. The Cubs were able to get a run in the fourth but for the most part had a hard time against starting pitcher Steven Matz and starter-turned reliever Bartolo Colon. Matz went 4.2 innings striking out four. Colon would get the win.
Back in 1945, tavern owner Billy Sianis brought his pet goat to a World Series game at Wrigley Field. Because the goat smelled, they both got kicked out. After they got kicked out, Sianis said the Cubs would win no more, in other words never make it back to the World Series. They haven't been back since. The weird part about all of this is that the goat's name was Murphy and the player who was the best this entire series has been Daniel Murphy. Murphy's law came into effect in the eighth inning. With Wright on, Murphy homered to dead centerfield to quiet the crowd. It was his seventh straight game with a homer. The Mets would win 8-3 and advance to their first World Series since 2000. Murphy would win series MVP. They will face the Royals after Kansas City won Friday night. The series will start on Tuesday at 8 from Kauffman Stadium. Matt Harvey will pitch for the Mets.
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