Royal Finish

The Kansas City Royals have taken not only their first division title in 30 years, but now their first World Series Championship. The Royals take it four games to one in the series, redeeming themselves from the painful feeling they suffered in last years World Series. Wade Davis got the third called strike on the inside conner against Flores in the bottom of the twelve inning to wrap it up and get the celebrating under way with their 7-2 game five victory. Christian Colon drove in the big game winning run in the top of twelve, stepping in for his first at-bat of the series and picking up his first RBI in 41 days, making the big difference and driving in the first of five runs in the inning. This is the second World Series Championship for the Kansas City Royals, as they took home their first on 1985.
I thought a bit more of a fight would be put up in this series, as I predicted a seven game Royals win, but it only took them five games, as they wrapped it up at Citi Field. But it you look at the series, they were just a tough group to beat. From Cain, Escobar, and Hosmer in that lineup, guys who would not get put away easily, not nearly as many strikeouts as deGrom and Harvey were used to, the Royals offense was there ready to take advantage of any mistakes. While the Royals pitching staff did their job, making great starts and doing what was most important winning the bullpen battles. As Joe Buck said, the Astros, Blue Jays, and now Mets have learned not to take on a fight with their bullpen, as the Royals blanked all their opponents.
The Mets did make their mistakes, from the blown save in game one, to the errors in game four, and the mistake of letting Harvey continue in tonights final game, the Royals did catch their breaks and force the Mets to suffer for their errors. Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas, and Alex Gordon were among the few who did a great job taking advantage of the great opportunities to bring in runners and get on base. Perez was awarded the WS MVP award, as he is the first catcher to win it since 1992. The Royals are recovering from last seasons loss, and are celebrating tonight. Congrats to Kansas City!