"I'll tell you, we never get frustrated or hang our heads when we're down. Great sinker, so I wanted to be ready for it. "I definitely wasn't trying to do that against him. "I never saw him before, but I knew he was really good," Gordon said. "This is a game everybody knows we make mistakes," Familia said.
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It was also the first game-tying or go-ahead homer in the ninth inning or later of Game 1 of the World Series since Kirk Gibson's iconic shot off Dennis Eckersley in 1988. It was the first blown save for Familia since July 30. Video: WS2015 Gm1: Gordon on home run in Royals' Game 1 win The third was nailed - a rocket at 107 mph off the bat, soaring 421 feet into the center field batter's eye, according to Statcast™ - and setting off a frenzied celebration by the home crowd. Regardless, the first pitch at 97 mph was taken for a ball. So we were all shocked by it," said Mets manager Terry Collins. So, yeah, the Mets liked their chances with him on the mound. He had given up just two hits in 10 innings. Until Gordon's bomb, Familia had been dominant in the postseason, he hadn't allowed a run.
For him to come through there, I was definitely very relieved." He put the team on his back, got us back in the game."Īdded Cain: "It was definitely very nice to see. That's why Gordon means so much to this team. "Obviously, you don't want the game to end like that. "I was the happiest guy in the stadium to have another opportunity to do something positive for your team," Hosmer said. For Lorenzo Cain, who helped short-circuit a potential rally by not getting a bunt down in the bottom of that inning. For Hosmer, whose error in the top of the eighth led to an unearned, go-ahead run for New York. The home run provided redemption not only for the team as a whole, but for a couple of teammates specifically. And the Royals didn't squander their second chance, winning, 5-4, in 14 innings on Eric Hosmer's sacrifice fly. Instead, Gordon's blast to dead center tied the score, and gave Kansas City another life.
ET, game time at 8 p.m.) to gain a split at home. Without Alex Gordon's dramatic bottom-of-the-ninth-inning home run off dominant Mets closer Jeurys Familia in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night (and early into Wednesday morning), the Royals almost certainly would have lost, and needed to win Game 2 (tonight on FOX at 7:30 p.m. Without it, Royals fans wouldn't have hung around for more than five hours of baseball, and left Kauffman Stadium both exhilarated and exhausted. KANSAS CITY - Without it, the Royals wouldn't have been jumping for joy near home plate.