IGT World Series Game 5 - Royals at Mets - 11/1/15

[Gwreck]

Over?

Nothing is over until we decide it is!

LET'S GO METS

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

In times of crisis you go back to your most trusted starter.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Is Dance! Dance! Dance! tainted now?

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

I'm gonna try a new rally song anyway.

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[Piggiestomatoes]

Let's try something different in game 5 - kill, kill, kill.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Pro Tip: If you want to call it a rally cry, make sure you use it at some point during the game as opposed to pregame.

[Guest themetfairy]

Kill KILL KILL!!!

[Zvon]

I missed Doctor Who and there's no 1am rerun! So...



Coooome-on. We can win 4 in a row. We've done that. Let's do this.

[Elster88]

No more kill. The only team that can die tomorrow is us.

I think Still Believe should be the new slogan.

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[ashie62]

WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR!

[seawolf17]

One game at a time, as they say. You want to be the ace, Matt Harvey? Then make it so tonight. We'll be in centerfield, screaming our heads off.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Is Dance! Dance! Dance! tainted now?

Nope. It's a fan rallying cry. A reminder to do YOUR job.

Soon as I get some coffee in me, it's dancing all day.

[Guest Rotblatt]

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The time has come.

[Guest d'Kong76]

GAME: Kansas City Royals (105-72) at New York Mets (98-77)
DATE/TIME: Sunday, November 01 - 8:00 PM EST
WHERE: Citi Field, New York City, New York
LINE: N/A TOTAL: N/A
Playoff Series: World Series; Kansas City leads 3-1

Edinson Volquez takes the mound on Sunday while still grieving the death of his father as the Kansas City Royals try to win their first World Series title since 1985. The host New York Mets have their backs against the wall after the Royals scored three runs in the eighth inning on Saturday to post a 5-3 victory and take a 3-1 series lead.

Volquez started Game 1 on the same day his father died of heart failure and returned to the team shortly before Saturday's contest, pronouncing himself ready to start Game 5. "I just want to thank God for my opportunity to be on the mound and show the world what I have to compete with the other team and give our team a chance to win," Volquez said in a press conference held after Game 4. "I'm pretty sure my dad is going to be proud of me when I pitch." Second baseman Daniel Murphy has been a postseason hero for the Mets, but his error aided Kansas City's comeback win in Game 4 as the Royals capped the three-run uprising with run-scoring singles by Mike Moustakas and Salvador Perez. "In the postseason, you can't give away outs the way Cal gives out asshole eatings," New York manager Terry Collins said afterward. "You've got to make outs. You can't give good teams opportunities to score extra runs, because they can do it."

TV: 8:15 p.m. ET, FOX

PITCHING MATCHUP: Royals RH Edinson Volquez (1-2, 4.37 ERA) vs. Mets RH Matt Harvey (2-0, 3.38)

Volquez received a no-decision in Game 1, when he gave up three runs and six hits in six innings. He was away from the team for the better part of four days, but manager Ned Yost wasn't concerned about the possibility that Volquez hadn't done his typical between-start throwing. "It's not a bad thing this time of year," Yost said at a press conference. "Eddie has logged over 200 innings in the regular season. It's not going to affect him a bit."

Harvey gave up three runs and five hits over six innings in Game 1. He didn't throw his usual amount of fastballs as he dissected how to handle Kansas City's lineup. "I felt like I didn't really have the greatest control with my fastball and greatest life," Harvey explained at Saturday's press conference. "So with a team who's known to hit the fastball well, I think when you lose a little bit of confidence in that, you kind of have to try to pitch a little bit differently."

WALK-OFFS:
1. New York LF Michael Conforto hit two homers in Game 4, joining Gary Carter (1986) as the only Mets to accomplish the feat in a World Series game.
2. Royals SS Alcides Escobar went 1-for-5 on Saturday to extend his postseason hitting streak to 14 games, breaking the franchise mark recently set by CF Lorenzo Cain.
3. Murphy has belted seven homers in the postseason but is 3-for-17 with no extra-base hits in the World Series.

[ashie62]

Matt Harvey this is your moment.

[Ceetar]

I will not be at two consecutive postseason elimination games. IT WON'T HAPPEN. Mets are undefeated in November.

[Frayed Knot]

Didn't Fred always promise us that the Mets would play 'meaningful games in November'?

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I know Cespedes is responsible for us getting the division title, and Murphy is responsible for us getting to the World Series, but neither has done much at the plate and in the field in the Series.

If the two of them can get it together, we have a chance!

[Gwreck]

2015 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPION NEW YORK METS
Curtis Granderson RF
David Wright 3B
Daniel Murphy 2B
Yoenis Cespedes CF
Lucas Duda 1B
Travis d'Arnaud C
Michael Conforto LF
Wilmer Flores SS
Matt Harvey P

[batmagadanleadoff]

PITCHING MATCHUP: Royals RH Edinson Volquez (1-2, 4.37 ERA) vs. Mets RH Matt Harvey (2-0, 3.38) Harvey gave up three runs and five hits over six innings in Game 1. He didn't throw his usual amount of fastballs as he dissected how to handle Kansas City's lineup. "I felt like I didn't really have the greatest control with my fastball and greatest life," Harvey explained at Saturday's press conference. "So with a team who's known to hit the fastball well, I think when you lose a little bit of confidence in that, you kind of have to try to pitch a little bit differently."

Is Harvey capable of intentionally pulling his punches -- purposely holding back on his fast ball because he's secretly torn over this innings limit situation -- and so he'll pitch without pitching?

[Lefty Specialist]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: I know Cespedes is responsible for us getting the division title, and Murphy is responsible for us getting to the World Series, but neither has done much at the plate and in the field in the Series. If the two of them can get it together, we have a chance!

And the way they've played in the World Series will make it easier to say goodbye to them when the Series is over.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I've been thinking the same thing.

[seawolf17]

GREETINGS FROM A BASEBALL GAME.

IN NOVEMBER.

love,
Seawolf, El Segundo Escupidor, Ceetar, DDad, and MF

[Guest d'Kong76]

Quality CPF contingent, bring home a win!!

[Guest cooby classic]

Where is everyone anyway?

[Guest cooby classic]

cooby wrote: Where is everyone anyway?

Don't tell me I'm the only one that has to watch on TV

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

cooby wrote: cooby wrote: Where is everyone anyway? Don't tell me I'm the only one that has to watch on TV

Might be. I'm watching on a laptop, as is my cordcutter tradition.

[Guest cooby classic]

Well I meant from home

[Benjamin Grimm]

cooby wrote: Where is everyone anyway?

At a concert?

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

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