Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals New York Mets
1. Merrifield 2b Granderson rf
2. Escobar ss Cabrera ss
3. Hosmer 1b Cespedes cf
4. Cain cf Walker 2b
5. Perez c Flores 3b
6. Orlando rf Loney 1b
7. Cuthbert 3b Reynolds lf
8. Dyson lf R. Rivera c
9. Duffy p Syndergaard p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (third to first); Escobar
singled to shortstop; Hosmer forced Escobar (shortstop to
second); Cain forced Hosmer (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 0, Mets 0.
METS 1ST: Granderson walked; Cabrera grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Granderson out at second];
Cespedes doubled to center; Walker flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez struck out; Orlando grounded out (third to
first); Cuthbert lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
0, Mets 0.
METS 2ND: Flores flied to center; Loney grounded out (second to
first); Reynolds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Mets 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Dyson singled to shortstop; Dyson stole second; On a
bunt Duffy reached on a fielder's choice [Dyson out at third
(catcher to third)]; when Jarrod Dyson was called out at 3B,
Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was
upheld by replay; Merrifield flied to left; Escobar lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 0.
METS 3RD: R. Rivera struck out; Syndergaard struck out;
Granderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Hosmer singled to center; Cain grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hosmer out at
second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mets
0.
METS 4TH: Cabrera walked; Cespedes singled to center [Cabrera to
second]; Walker popped to catcher; Flores struck out; Loney
singled to left [Cabrera scored, Cespedes to third (on throw)];
Reynolds struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Orlando struck out; Cuthbert homered to left; Dyson
singled to left; Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Dyson to second]; Merrifield singled to right [Dyson scored];
Escobar flied to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Mets 1.
METS 5TH: R. Rivera struck out; Syndergaard struck out;
Granderson walked; Cabrera homered to center [Granderson
scored]; Cespedes walked; SORIA REPLACED DUFFY (PITCHING);
Walker grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Mets 3.
ROYALS 6TH: DE AZA REPLACED CESPEDES (PLAYING CF); Hosmer struck
out; Mets center fielder Yoenis Cespedes left the game due to
an injured wrist; Cain grounded out (third to first); Perez
doubled to left; Syndergaard threw a wild pitch [Perez to
third]; Orlando singled to left [Perez scored]; Syndergaard
threw a wild pitch [Orlando to second]; Cuthbert grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Mets 3.
METS 6TH: Flores struck out (catcher to first); Loney flied to
center; Reynolds homered to right-center; R. Rivera flied to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Mets 4.
ROYALS 7TH: BLEVINS REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); CONFORTO
REPLACED SYNDERGAARD (PLAYING LF); Dyson grounded out (second to
first); EIBNER BATTED FOR SORIA; Eibner lined to right;
Merrifield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 3, Mets 4.
METS 7TH: FLYNN REPLACED EIBNER (PITCHING); Conforto struck out;
Granderson grounded out (second to first); Cabrera singled to
left; de Aza was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Mets 4.
ROYALS 8TH: REED REPLACED BLEVINS (PITCHING); Escobar singled to
shortstop; Hosmer forced Escobar (shortstop to second); Cain was
called out on strikes; Perez flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 3, Mets 4.
METS 8TH: HERRERA REPLACED FLYNN (PITCHING); Walker flied to
left; Flores grounded out (third to first); Loney struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Mets 4.
ROYALS 9TH: FAMILIA REPLACED REED (PITCHING); Orlando struck
out; Cuthbert grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyson grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Mets
4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 3 9 0 5
Mets 4 6 0 5
