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“We think about it quite often,” Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said.
Continue reading the main story The Royals knew the only way to salve their regret was to win the World Series, and Sunday night at Citi Field, they accomplished that in a very Royal-like manner, with a come-from-behind 7-2 victory in 12 innings over the Mets.
The victory, their fourth in five games, gave them their first championship since 1985.The Royals survived a superb performance by the Mets’ Matt Harvey, scoring twice in the ninth inning to tie the score at 2-2 and breaking through to score five times in the 12th against relievers Addison Reed and Bartolo Colon.
Doubles by Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain brought home four runs, sending fans toward the exits and leaving the Royals to await the coronation.
Hosmer’s hustle forced Daniel Murphy’s crushing error in Game 4; Cain scored the pennant-winning run against the Toronto Blue Jays by racing home from first base on a single; and the Royals stayed alive in their division series against Houston when Astros shortstop Carlos Correa hastily misplayed a potential double-play grounder.
Until Hosmer’s dash, Harvey had owned the night from the moment he stepped to the mound and struck out Escobar, the Royals’ pesky leadoff hitter.
When he struck out the heart of the Royals’ order – Cain, Hosmer and Moustakas – in the fourth, the last pitch a 98-mile-an-hour fastball, he shook his fist and let out a scream.
Harvey masterfully used all four of his pitches – fastball, curveball, slider and changeup – keeping the ready-to-hit Royals off balance and out of sorts.
If Harvey’s performance was redemptive, Royals starting pitcher Edinson Volquez’s was inspirational.