World Series Recap Games 1-4

The 2015 World Series between the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals is well underway.  The Royals lead the series 3 games to 1 and before Game 5 tonight let's take a look back at the previous four games.

Game 1:

The World Series began at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.  It was an interesting game as it ended as the longest game one in World Series history.  The Royals scored first on the very first pitch of their at bat as Alcides Escobar hit an inside-the-park home run as Yoenis Cespedes misplayed the ball.  In the fourth the Mets tied it on an RBI single by Travis d'Arnaud that scored Daniel Murphy.  In the top of the fifth, Curtis Granderson hit a home run into right field.  In the sixth the Mets made it 3-1 as Michael Conforto hit a sac fly to score Cespedes.  In the bottom of the sixth the Royals tied it.  In the top of the eighth the Mets took the lead as Wilmer Flores reached first base on a fielding error.  The error resulted in Juan Lagares scoring.  With a 4-3 lead, Jeurys Familia came on to try to close out the game but he blew it.  With one out Alex Gordon hit a home run to tie the game and force extra innings.  In the 14th Eric Hosmer's sac fly scored Escobar and the Royals took a 1-0 series lead.

Game 2:

The Mets got off to a good start with an RBI single by Lucas Duda to score Daniel Murphy but the Royals exploded for seven runs en route to a 7-1 win over the Mets.  Royals starting pitcher Johnny Cueto out dueled Jacob deGrom, pitching a complete game.

Game 3:

The series shifted to New York for the first World Series game in Citi Field history.  The crowd was fired up as Billy Joel sang the national anthem and Mike Piazza threw out the ceremonial first pitch.  Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard sent a message early, throwing at Alcides Escobar's head.  The Royals took 1-0 lead but the Mets answered quickly in the bottom frame.  With Curtis Granderson on base, David Wright hit a homer to left-center to put the fans into a frenzy.  The Royals scored two in the top of the second to go up 3-2.  In the bottom of the third, Syndergaard got a big base hit and Curtis Granderson homered to put the Mets back up 4-3 and they never looked back.  In the sixth, with Juan Lagares and Wimer Flores on base, Juan Uribe singled to right field to score Lagares.  Wright followed with a base hit to deep centerfield to score Flores and Uribe.  Yoenis Cespedes finished up the scoring when he hit a sac fly to score Granderson.  Syndergaard or "Thor", what the fans call him, pitched a gem going six innings and striking out six.  The Mets took Game 3 with a final score of 9-3.

Game 4:

On Halloween night, the Royals robbed the Mets and now put them on the ropes after Game 4.  The Mets showed a lot of promise early on.  In the bottom of the third, Michael Conforto homered to right field.  The Mets went up 2-0 on a sac fly by Curtis Granderson that scored Wilmer Flores and the Mets were up 2-0.  In the bottom of the fifth, Conforto hit his second home run of the game to right-center. 3-1 Mets.  In the sixth the Royals got within one and in the eighth the Royals took advantage of a terrible Mets bullpen, scoring three runs to go up 5-3 which was the eventual final score.  The culprits in the pen were Tyler Clippard and Jeurys Familia.  Clippard took the loss while Familia blew the save.  

Tonight it is do or die for the Mets in Game 5.  For the Royals they are now one win away and could potentially clinch it tonight unless the Mets have anything to say about that.  The pitching match-up tonight is Edison Volquez for KC and Matt Harvey for NY.  Will the Royals win the World Series tonight after failing to last year or will the Mets win in front of their home crowd and keep the series going.  Tune in to FOX at 8:00 to find out.