World Series 2015: Inside the Kansas City Royals

(All games on Fox). And now get to play in his first World Series. Ventura turned his vehicle around and headed back to Kauffman Stadium, then he turned his season around, posting a 3.10 ERA in 14 starts after the demotion.

Yordano Ventura, who will start game 6, also started game 2.

“I’m going to tell you right now, successful pitchers pitch to their strengths”, Collins said Saturday after the Mets held a workout at Citi Field. “But the Royals – that’s a very good baseball team”.

Sanchez then allowed a hit by former Blue Jay Alex Rios that scored Moustakas to give the Royals a few breathing room at 3-1. And that’s been the template in baseball the last several years – big power arms, and… Their last World Series title came in 1985, one year before the Mets won their last championship in 1986.

His penchant for swinging at the first pitch suddenly made Yost look like a genius when he opened Game 1 with a first-pitch double off Marco Estrada. Granderson made it in 2006 with Detroit and went 2 for 21 (.095) with 7 strikeouts against St. Louis. Since 1985, teams who have swept the LCS (and had relatively long layoffs) are just 1-6 in the World Series.

The Blue Jays led the majors in runs scored this season but were stalled in the standings near the.

The Mets move on to the World Series for the fifth time – and the first since 2000.

It’s unclear whether the Blue Jays will be willing to pay to retain Price, who won nine of 11 regular season starts with Toronto, including three against the Yankees, but was winless in three postseason starts.

Royals manager Ned Yost has managed 18 postseason victories.

BRYANT:…And teams that don’t make mistakes defensively. 284 against pitches traveling 95 miles per hour or faster, according to the website baseballsavant.com.

(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson). New York Mets manager Terry Collins answers questions for members of the media during a voluntary team workout, Friday, October 23, 2015, in New York.

This American League Championship Series, as much as anything else, will be remembered for the night Davis pushed the boundaries of what a human pitcher is capable of doing. Along the way, the Mets beat a string of accomplished aces: Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta. Wright was 5 for 30 (.167) with 12 Ks. Finally, with the would-be AL MVP at the plate with the season on the line, Josh Donaldson grounded out to third, and the Kansas City Royals were American League pennant winners once more.

Murphy, the hottest hitter in the land, seemed to admire the back end of the K.C. bullpen and “the way they’re able to shorten games”, among other Royals’ traits, such as a consistent lineup.

Perhaps nobody is more determined and motivated than Davis. KC has unfinished business, losing the Series a year ago against the Giants. This is actually rather fitting, as the concluding events of this series took place 22 years ago today. Both were acquired in the trade that sent Greinke to Milwaukee in 2010. He hit. 423 with five RBI during the series.

After disposing of the Astros in five games in the ALDS (with a little help from Houston’s meltdown late in Game 4), the Royals jumped out to a 3-1 series lead in the ALCS against the Blue Jays before knocking them off in Game 6.

It was Bautista’s fourth homer of the playoffs, setting a franchise single post-season record.

“I felt like I cut it off quick enough to where if I threw to second I could prevent him from going to second and Cain from scoring”, Bautista said, “but I was wrong”. Escobar, the ALCS MVP, batted. 250 in the regular season with five homers.

On top of his usual defensive contributions, Escobar set a postseason record by getting a leadoff hit in the first four games of a series. One of the most exciting games in baseball history, Freese had a tying triple with two outs in the bottom of the ninth and a walkoff homer in the 11th.