The game started at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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The Mets send Jacob deGrom to the mound in Game 2, looking to even the series.
This World Series is a contrast in strengths, as New York wants to get as many innings out of their talented young starters as possible, while Kansas City has no problem turning to its lights-out bullpen. “I could tell he was in a lot of emotional pain”. “My father was everything to me, and he supported me in everything throughout my career. We won the game, but I would have changed that if it meant he could still be alive”.
Edinson Volquez’s father, Daniel, died at the age of 63 Tuesday in the Dominican Republic.
Volquez pitched six innings, allowing three runs on six hits, including a home run by Granderson. “It affects him, but he did it for the team and he poured his heart out for us”, Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura said. “I don’t think most guys knew”.
The Royals were hopeful that Volquez would rejoin them when they head to New York later in the week. What happened? Both the primary and backup generators powering Fox’s broadcast production trucks went out – a “rare electronics failure”, Fox said – knocking the game off the air. Game 3 is set for Friday night at Citi Field.
The elder Volquez, a mechanic in the Dominican Republic, introduced his son to the game when he was about 10 years old.
Connie Moustakas, the mother of third baseman Mike Moustakas, passed away on August. 9 after a battle with cancer. “When someone loses a family member, that takes priority over everything that happens”.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. Colon can’t be blamed but Jeurys Familia blew his first save since July 30, surrendering a solo homer to Alex Gordon with one out in the ninth. By the time the game ended, it was no longer his birthday, and the Royals had pulled out a wild 5-4 victory.
“He’s going to be missed the next couple of days”.
“But we got the lead (in the fifth inning) and we lost it. We came back and got the lead again”.
“I came in from pitching I saw him in here and I said, ‘Volky, great job, ‘” Duffy said.
“I was surprised and flattered [to be asked to do TV]”, Rodriguez said.
Yost established a contingency plan with assistant coaches Don Wakamatsu and Pedro Grifol in the event Volquez could not pitch.
Charles Young, the father of Chris Young, also died of cancer on September 26 – the day before his son made his first start for Kansas City in two months.
Young wound up throwing three innings in relief, earning the win in Game 1.
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The Royals said that when Volquez left the game, team officials and his family told him that his 63-year-old father had died. Just how classic? How about an inside-the-park home run to start things off? “We wanted to use Chris in that situation”. “I was standing next to Ned and he told me, he said, ‘Let’s win this game for Volquez, ‘ and explained what happened”.
