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Kansas City rallies late to
beat Mets in 12th inning
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
Associated Press
NEW YORK — They worked all season to
take one more step in the World Series.
Eric Hosmer wouldn’t wait any longer.
A daring dash by Hosmer tied the score in the
ninth, and those bound-and-determined Kansas
City Royals rallied yet again to beat the New York
Mets -2 in 12 innings early Monday Ior their ¿rst
championship since 1985.
One agonizing win from ecstasy last year, this
time the Royals reign after their latest incredible
comeback and a go-ahead hit in Game 5 from
Christian Colon, maybe the most unlikely player
in uniform.
So go ahead and crown ‘em, Kansas City! The
Mob is ¿nally done.
“From Day One, there was no doubt in my
mind that they wouldn’t accomplish it. There
was no doubt in their mind that they wouldn’t
accomplish it,” manager Ned Yost said. “It’s just
a special, special group that doesn’t come around
very often.”
Down 2-0 in the ninth, Kansas City fought
back against two of the top arms on the pitch-
ing-rich Mets: Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia.
And the Royals won it not with power at the plate
but instead an aggressive sprint home by Hosmer
on a groundout, a three-run double from Lorenzo
Cain, a couple of crucial steals.
Consistent contact, keep the line moving.
“I couldn’t have written a better script,” Yost
said.
That’s how Series MVP Salvador Perez and
the Royals became the ¿rst team since the 2002
Angels to come from behind in all four World
Series wins, according to STATS.
That’s how they washed out the bitter taste of
last year’s Game 7 loss to San Francisco at home,
an October heartbreak that drove the Royals to
their singular focus all season.
Never waver. Win it all. Wipe away the pain.
“Kansas City is No. 1. Who cares about what
happened last year?” Perez said.
To get back where they were last fall — 90
feet from tying the Giants in the ninth inning
— the Royals played more than 50,000 pitches
of baseball and Àew nearly 30,000 miles while
crisscrossing the country.
Now, this group of homegrown favorites who
revitalized a Àoundering franchise, Mike Mous-
takas and Alex Gordon and Hosmer to name a
few, can ¿nally rest and rejoice.
Not to be forgotten, major contributions from
new additions assembled by general manager
Dayton Moore like Ben Zobrist, Johnny Cueto,
Kendrys Morales, Chris Young and Alex Rios.
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AP Photo/Matt Slocum
Kansas City Royals’ Eric Hosmer celebrates after scoring past New York Mets catcher Travis
d’Arnaud during the ninth inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in New York.
Composite box score
NEW YORK METS
BATTING SUMMARY
g ab r h 2b 3b hr
Uribe ph
1
1 1 1
0
0
0
Syndergaard p
1
2 1 1
0
0
0
Conforto dh-lf
5 15 2 5
0
0
2
Lagares cf-ph
5 10 2 3
0
0
0
Duda 1b
5 19 1 5
0
0
0
Granderson rf
5 20 6 5
0
0
3
D.Wright 3b
5 24 1 5
0
0
1
Cespedes cf-lf
5 20 1 3
0
0
0
Dan.Murphy 2b 5 20 2 3
0
0
0
T.d’Arnaud c
5 21 0 3
1
0
0
W.Flores ss
5 17 2 1
0
0
0
Cuddyer dh-ph
1
3 0 0
0
0
0
Harvey p
1
3 0 0
0
0
0
K.Johnson dh-ph 3
3 0 0
0
0
0
Nieuwenhuis cf-dh 3
2 0 0
0
0
0
Matz p
1
1 0 0
0
0
0
A.Reed
3
0 0 0
0
0
0
B.Colon
2
0 0 0
0
0
0
Clippard
2
0 0 0
0
0
0
Familia
3
0 0 0
0
0
0
Niese
2
0 0 0
0
0
0
Robles
1
0 0 0
0
0
0
Totals
5 181 19 35
1
0
6
rbi
1
0
4
0
2
5
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
18
bb
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
0
5
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
so
avg
0 1.000
1 .500
3 .333
1 .300
7 .263
2 .250
8 .208
6 .150
7 .150
4 .143
3 .059
3 .000
0 .000
0 .000
1 .000
0 .000
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
46 .193
PITCHING SUMMARY
g cg
ip h r er bb so hb wp w l sv era
B.Colon
3 0 3.1 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Robles
2 0
2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Gilmartin
1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Familia
4 0
5 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
Harvey
2 0 14 10 5 5 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.21
Matz
1 0
5 7 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
Syndergaard 1 0
6 7 3 3 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 4.50
Niese
4 0 4.2 5 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.79
deGrom
1 0
5 6 4 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 7.20
Clippard
3 0
2 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 9.00
A.Reed
5 0 3.2 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9.82
Totals
5 0 51.1 47 27 24 17 37 0 1 1 4 0 4.21
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
BATTING SUMMARY
g ab r h 2b 3b hr
C.Colon ph
1
1 1 1
0
0
0
Volquez p
1
2 0 1
0
0
0
S.Perez c
5 22 3 8
2
0
0
Moustakas 3b
5 23 1 7
0
0
0
Zobrist 2b
5 23 5 6
4
0
0
A.Escobar ss
5 26 4 6
1
1
1
L.Cain cf
5 22 3 5
1
0
0
A.Gordon lf
5 18 3 4
1
0
1
K.Morales dh-ph 5 10 0 2
0
0
0
Hosmer 1b
5 21 3 4
1
0
0
Rios rf
5 15 2 2
0
0
0
Orlando rf
5
8 1 1
0
0
0
J.Dyson dh-ph-pr 3
3 1 0
0
0
0
C.Young p
1
1 0 0
0
0
0
Mondesi ph
1
1 0 0
0
0
0
W.Davis
2
1 0 0
0
0
0
Butera c
1
0 0 0
0
0
0
D.Duffy
2
0 0 0
0
0
0
F.Morales
1
0 0 0
0
0
0
Hochevar
3
0 0 0
0
0
0
K.Herrera
2
0 0 0
0
0
0
Madson
2
0 0 0
0
0
0
Medlen
1
0 0 0
0
0
0
Ventura p
1
0 0 0
0
0
0
Totals
5 197 27 47 10
1
2
rbi bb
1
0
0
0
2
1
3
1
0
3
4
0
4
4
3
5
0
1
6
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25 17
PITCHING SUMMARY
g cg
ip h r er bb so hb wp
Hochevar
4 0
5 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
K.Herrera
3 0
5 5 1 0 1 6 0 0
W.Davis
3 0
4 3 0 0 0 8 0 0
Madson
3 0
3 2 0 0 1 5 0 0
Medlen
1 0
1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cueto
1 1
9 2 1 1 3 4 0 0
C.Young
2 0
7 2 2 2 2 7 0 1
Volquez
2 0 12 8 5 4 6 8 1 0
D.Duffy
3 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0
Ventura
1 0 3.1 7 5 5 0 1 0 0
F.Morales
1 0 0.1 2 4 4 0 0 1 0
Totals
5 1 52 35 19 17 14 46 2 1
w
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
so
avg
0 1.000
1 .500
2 .364
1 .304
2 .261
4 .231
6 .227
4 .222
3 .200
7 .190
2 .133
1 .125
1 .000
1 .000
1 .000
1 .000
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
0
.---
37 .239
l
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
sv
era
0 0.00
0 0.00
1 0.00
0 0.00
0 0.00
0 1.00
0 2.57
0 3.00
0 3.86
0 13.50
0 108.0
1 2.94
“I felt my dad when I was walking to the bullpen, like
he was walking behind me, and in the first inning, my
feelings were there, like my dad was watching the game.
But I was able to calm myself down and do what I was
supposed to do.”
— Edinson Volquez,
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher in Game 5 of the World Series . The pitcher’s father, 63-year-old
Daniel Volquez, died of heart failure hours before his son started the Series opener. Volquez said he got
the news after Kansas City’s 5-4, 14-inning win. He flew home to the Dominican Republic, then rejoined
the Royals on Saturday just before the start of Game 4. He pitched six innings and gave up two runs,
one unearned.
AP Photo/Matt Slocum
Packed Postseason: Utley, Bautista, Schwarber and Royal way
By BEN WALKER
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Hours after the
¿nal out, there was only one job left
to do at empty Citi Field.
So the very last person remaining
on the dimly lit diamond climbed
into the shiny red Camaro presented
to MVP Salvador Perez, turned the
ignition and slowly drove along the
warning track.
A moment later, the gleaming
taillights disappeared through a gap
in the left-center ¿eld wall.
World Series, over.
Hard to believe a packed post-
season began almost a month earlier,
a few miles away at Yankee Stadium
with a gem by bearded Dallas
Keuchel, one of baseball’s many
bright, new stars.
In between, there sure was a lot
for fans to savor and second-guess.
A ¿nal look back before it’s time to
move ahead — only 108 days till the
¿rst workouts of spring training:
BAUTISTA’S BAT TOSS: To
call it a bat Àip would be a disser-
vice to Jose Bautista. In the midst
of mayhem in Toronto, he sent
his stick Àying after homering vs.
Texas during the deciding Game
5 of AL Division Series. It was
likely the most crazy, emotional
inning in big league history — the
seventh at Rogers Centre included
two bench-clearing scufÀes, fans
throwing debris, police on the ¿eld
and errors on three straight balls.
And it all started when Blue Jays
catcher Russell Martin hit Shin-Soo
Choo’s bat on a routine throw back
to the pitcher, letting a run score and
prompting an umpires’ conference.
UTLEY’S SLIDE: Hard-nosed or
dirty, worth a suspension or not? No
matter, the damage was done. Mets
shortstop Ruben Tejada took a huge
hit, as did Chase Utley’s popularity.
MINNEAPOLIS
—
Damian Lillard had 34 points
and seven assists, and the
Portland
T r a i l
Blazers beat
Minnesota
106-101 on
Portland
Monday
night after
the Timber-
wolves
honored
fallen coach
Minnesota
Flip Saun-
ders with an
emotional
pregame
tribute.
Lillard made 14 of 25
shots, C.J. McCollum scored
18 points and Al-Farouq
Aminu had 17 points and
nine rebounds for Portland,
which trailed by 17 points
in the ¿rst quarter after an
inspired start by Minnesota.
Kevin Martin scored 24
points and Ricky Rubio had
12 points, nine assists and
nine rebounds for the Timber-
wolves two days after they
attended Saunders’ funeral.
They whittled a 10-point
fourth-quarter de¿cit to three
with 10 seconds to play. But
Martin was stripped while
trying to shoot a 3 and the
Blazers hung on.
AP Photo/Matt Slocum
New York Mets manager Terry Collins watches with David Wright, right,
the 11th inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series
against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in New York.
Tejada’s leg was broken and he spent
his birthday on crutches, watching
his club play in the World Series.
Utley drew a two-game penalty for
the crash in the NL Division Series
and appealed. A hearing might not
be held until spring training. By
then, Major League Baseball could
have a new rule on how runners
slide into bases — merely being able
to reach the base might not be the
standard much longer.
SCHWARBER’S SHOT: The
ballhawks roaming outside Wrigley
Field are still waiting for Kyle
Schwarber’s rocket to land. The
Chicago rookie launched a drive
against St. Louis in the NLDS that
landed atop the videoboard in right
¿eld, and stayed there. The Cubs
made it a moment to remember
on the spot, encasing the ball in
Plexiglas. A 22-year-old who began
the season in Double-A, Schwarber
is among a new crop of guys with
great futures who were on display
in October and into November —
Carlos Correa, Kris Bryant, Noah
Syndergaard and many more.
MURPHY’S LAW: Hard to
imagine a player making a faster
rise and more rapid fall than Daniel
Murphy. A contact hitter his whole
career, he became a modern-day
Babe Ruth by homering in a post-
season-record six straight games,
connecting off the likes of Clayton
Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Jake
Arrieta. But just when his value as
a free agent-to-be was booming, he
hit a wall. The Mets second baseman
managed just three singles in the
World Series, and the lasting image
of him in a New York uniform could
be groundballs bouncing under his
glove and off his mitt.
COLLINS’ DECISION: Matt
Harvey was out of Game 5, done
after eight sharp innings that saved
the Mets’ season. Until he wasn’t.
Harvey talked Mets manager Terry
Collins into letting him stay on
the mound, and a 2-0 lead quickly
vanished. The Royals rallied to tie
it and won the championship in
the 12th. Collins owned up to his
choice, saying he followed his heart
instead of his head. And it wasn’t
like closer Jeurys Familia struck out
every batter he faced over the week.
Either way, the debate on what
Collins should’ve done is likely to
rage through the winter, and well
beyond.
“Obviously I let my heart get
in the way of my gut,” Collins
said early Monday after a crushing
season-ending, 12-inning 7-2 defeat.
“I love my players. And I trust them.
And so I said, ‘Go get ‘em out.’
“I won’t be sleeping much the
next couple of days, I’ll tell you
that.”.
KANSAS
CITY’S
FOUL
APPROACH: A liner over the
dugout by Ben Zobrist. A tip to
the backstop by Alex Gordon. A
nubber that nicks the catcher by
Lorenzo Cain. Really, has any team
turned foul balls into an art like the
Royals? Not that they’re trying to
spoil pitches or prolong at-bats. Yet
at a time when many teams preach
patience at the plate and seemingly
accept higher strikeout rates, Alcides
Escobar and his teammates go up
there swinging early — and making
contact.
“Don’t strike out. Imagine that?
What a concept,” said Hall of
Famer George Brett, now a Royals
executive. “Put the ball in play, good
things happen. Strike out, nothing
good happens.”
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ARLINGTON,
Texas
— Russell Wilson sprinted
toward the sideline in search
a ¿rst down that could set up
the winning points at Dallas.
The star quarterback made
the corner, and the defending
NFC champion Seahawks
found their way back to .500.
Wilson had a scoring
pass for the
From Sunday game’s only
touchdown,
and his key
run came
Seattle
on a drive
to Steven
Hauschka’s
go-ahead
24-yard
¿eld goal
Dallas
with 1:06
remaining,
leading the
Seahawks
over the Dallas Cowboys
13-12 Sunday.
Seattle (4-4) improved to
an NFL-best 21-6 in games
heading into the bye in its
second straight win. The
Seahawks will see NFC
West-leading Arizona in two
weeks.
LOCKETTE UNDER-
GOES NECK SURGERY:
Seahawks wide receiver
Ricardo
Lockette
had
surgery to stabilize ligaments
in his neck Monday, a day
after being taken off the ¿eld
on a backboard just before
halftime of Seattle’s game at
Dallas.
Lockette
underwent
surgery at Baylor University
Medical Center in Dallas.
The Seahawks issued an
update Monday evening that
the surgery was a success
and that all neurological
signs were positive. Lockette
is expected to stay in the
hospital in Dallas for a few
days recovering, but could
be up and moving around as
soon as Tuesday.
“The emotional part
of losing one of our guys
and knowing he has to go
through major surgery and
all of that, it’s very personal
to us. That’s all. I think like
(a) family feeling, like when
someone in your family gets
sick, our guys responded
in that way,” Seattle coach
Pete Carroll said on Monday
afternoon. “They were very
focused to continue to play in
the game and all that, which
we found out by the way they
played in the second half.
Today they’re just concerned
for him and his welfare.”
Lockette will miss the rest
of the season and his long-
term prognosis is still to be
determined.
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