Maybe I am prejudiced, but there is nothing particularly attractive about either of these teams which are, in their own ways, deeply flawed. The Royals were clearly the better team, though. They actually remind me of some of the eighties Cardinals and Royals teams, kind of old-fashioned hard hitting teams with not a lot of power, but good speed and balance.
There will be a lot of second-guessing with the Mets decision to let Harvey pitch the ninth inning. I am not necessarily troubled by that decision per se, but once you saw how he was over-throwing when he walked the first batter, you had to pull him. Instead they let him pitch to another hitter and the result was a double that scored a run. Kind of a shame, as he had pitched really well and I personally wanted the series to go at least six games.
The Mets real undoing was their awful defense, which we had noted in an earlier post. In this case, Wright cut in front of Flores to field a grounder. He attempted to check the runner at third, but this effort was bound to be useless, as there was no one to cover third base. He then threw to first, getting the out. Duda, however, threw wildly to home, allowing the tying run to score. Later, in the twelfth inning, Murphy made another key error that opened the flood gates to a five run rally and the Mets chances were shot.
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