The Kansas City Royals are world champions for the first time since 1985. Christian Colon’s RBI single in the 12th inning capped another in an October-long run of late-inning rallies, and the Royals beat the New York Mets 7-2 to capture the World Series in five games.
While Edinson Volquez pitched admirably in his return from his father’s funeral in the Dominican Republic, the Royals were no match for Matt Harvey for much of the night and entered the ninth inning trailing 2-0.
But as they’ve done throughout the postseason, the Royals made an improbable late-inning comeback to bring an opposing team to its knees.
Kansas City finally dented the scoreboard in the ninth on a walk to Lorenzo Cain, a stolen base and Eric Hosmer’s RBI double to the opposite field. After advancing on Mike Moustakas’ grounder to the right side, Hosmer appeared to hold at third base on Salvador Perez’s groundout. But Hosmer broke on the throw to first base and scored when Lucas Duda made a wild throw to home plate.
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