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 Loney 1b
6. Orlando rf Flores 3b
7. Cuthbert 3b Conforto lf
8. Eibner lf d'Arnaud c
9. Kennedy p Colon p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); ROBLES REPLACED COLON (PITCHING); Escobar singled to
right; Bartolo Colon was struck on the right thumb and left
with a bruised thumb; Hosmer struck out while Escobar was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, Mets 0.
METS 1ST: Granderson popped to third; Cabrera homered to
left-center; Cespedes grounded out (second to first); Walker
lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Cain singled to center; Perez grounded out (third to
first) [Cain to second]; Orlando lined to center [Cain to
third]; Cuthbert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0,
Mets 1.
METS 2ND: Loney flied to center; Flores flied to right; Conforto
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Eibner struck out; Kennedy struck out; Merrifield
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 1.
METS 3RD: d'Arnaud flied to right; Robles was called out on
strikes; Granderson doubled to right; Cabrera lined to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Mets 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Escobar doubled to right; Hosmer struck out; Cain
struck out; Perez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
0, Mets 1.
METS 4TH: Cespedes homered to center; Walker lined to center;
Loney singled to second; Flores flied to center; Conforto walked
[Loney to second]; d'Arnaud struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Mets 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Orlando singled to left; Cuthbert walked [Orlando to
second]; Eibner singled to left [Orlando scored, Cuthbert to
second]; GOEDDEL REPLACED FLORES (PITCHING); JOHNSON REPLACED
ROBLES (PLAYING 3B); MORALES BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Morales flied
to right [Cuthbert to third]; Merrifield struck out; Escobar
forced Eibner (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Mets 2.
METS 5TH: GEE REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Johnson flied to
left; Granderson walked; Cabrera lined to left; Cespedes singled
to center [Granderson to second]; Walker lined to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Mets 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Hosmer grounded out (pitcher to first); Cain lined
to right; Perez reached on an error by Goeddel; Orlando singled
to center [Perez to second]; Cuthbert forced Orlando (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Mets 2.
METS 6TH: Loney flied to center; KELLY BATTED FOR GOEDDEL; Kelly
flied to left; Conforto flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Mets 2.
ROYALS 7TH: BLEVINS REPLACED KELLY (PITCHING); Eibner flied to
right; COLON BATTED FOR GEE; Colon struck out; Merrifield flied
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mets 2.
METS 7TH: HOCHEVAR REPLACED COLON (PITCHING); d'Arnaud flied to
right; Johnson was hit by a pitch; Granderson struck out;
Cabrera grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Mets 2.
ROYALS 8TH: REED REPLACED BLEVINS (PITCHING); Escobar flied to
left; Hosmer struck out; Cain grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Mets 2.
METS 8TH: HERRERA REPLACED HOCHEVAR (PITCHING); Cespedes struck
out (catcher to first); Walker struck out (catcher to first);
Loney singled to left; DE AZA BATTED FOR REED; de Aza was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Mets 2.
ROYALS 9TH: FAMILIA REPLACED DE AZA (PITCHING); Perez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Orlando struck out; Cuthbert singled
to center; Eibner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Mets 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 1 7 0 7
Mets 2 6 1 7
