Written by Ian Casselberry at Bloguin
In a World Series Game 1 that seemed to have some of everything — drama, sorrow, broadcast outages, home runs, history — why not five extra innings of baseball as well?
Eric Hosmer’s sacrifice fly in the 14th inning ended a wild, crazy night in Kansas City, scoring Alcides Escobar and giving the Royals a 5-4 win over the Mets. For the first baseman, the game-winning play was a redemptive one, making up for an eighth-inning fielding error that let a chopper get by him and allowed the Mets to take a 4-3 lead. He actually went 0-for-3 (with two RBI on sacrifice flies) in Game 1, but that’s probably not going to be remembered after driving in the winning run.
Hosmer was also bailed out by Alex Gordon, whose ninth-inning home run off previously untouchable Mets closer Jeurys Familia tied the score at 4-4 and enabled the Royals to keep fighting their way to a victory. Familia, who hadn’t allowed a run in his eight postseason appearances spanning 9.2 innings, hung one too many sinkers out over the plate. Gordon didn’t miss the second one, crushing it to dead center field.
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