WASHINGTON — The Kansas City Royals outlasted the New York Mets 5-4 in 14 innings to take Game 1 of the World Series.
Eric Hosmer’s sacrifice fly brought home Alcides Escobar. Escobar had started the scoring with an inside-the-park home run on the first pitch by Matt Harvey five hours earlier and Kansas City’s Alex Gordon sent the game into extra innings with a solo homer in the 9th. There were four lead changes and three ties.
Bartolo Colon becomes the oldest pitcher to lose a World Series game at 42.
Game 2 will be played Wednesday night.