Royals come back in 9th, break through in 12th to win first series since 1985. As it turns out, all the writers of “Back To The Future II” had to do to predict the 2015 World Series winner was stick with the team that won it all the year “Back to The Future” took place.
The Royals came back from a two-run deficit in the top of the ninth inning of Game 5 on Sunday night before pinch hitter Christian Colon laced a tiebreaking single in the top of the 12th inning as Kansas City beat the New York Mets 7-2.
Shortstop Alcides Escobar hit an RBI double and center fielder Lorenzo Cain added a three-run double later in the 12th for the Royals, who won a record seven postseason games in which they trailed by at least two runs. Right-hander Luke Hochevar threw two hitless innings for the win before right-hander Wade Davis struck out three in the bottom of the 12th to seal the win.
Davis fanned shortstop Wilmer Flores and flung his glove in the air to set off a wild celebration at the pitcher’s mound by the Royals, who became the first team to win the World Series the year after losing it since the 1989 Oakland Athletics.
In between championships, the Royals experienced 20 losing seasons, served as the poster boys for the supposed chasm between big and small markets and became a popular punch line for professional futility. In a 2006 episode of “The Simpsons,” Marge Simpson browsed a broken-down used book store that had “Kansas City Royals: Forever Champions” in stock.
The Royals finally ended the three-decade championship drought with an approach as retro in today’s analytical game as music still on MTV. The strikeout is more accepted now than ever, but Kansas City wore down opposing teams with a grinding, aggressive, one-through-25 approach built on putting the ball in play. The Royals forced extra innings in the ninth against Mets right-hander Matt Harvey, who shut Kansas City out on just four hits through eight innings while being serenaded with chants of “HAR-VEY! HAR-VEY!” from the sellout crowd of 44,859.
CONGRATULATION TO THE WORLD CHAMPION KANSAS CITY ROYALS FROM THE MYBOYSAY NATION’S MLB ENTHUSIASTS!!!!!
Royals come back in 9th, break through in 12th to win first series since 1985. As it turns out, all the writers of “Back To The Future II” had to do to predict the 2015 World Series winner was stick with the team that won it all the year “Back to The Future” took place.
