“I feel great when I hear our fans, just supporting me and backing me in these types of situations”, Cueto said after becoming the first pitcher to throw a World Series complete-game two-hitter since the Atlanta Braves’ Greg Maddux in 1995 against the Cleveland Indians.
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“Yeah, we’re not hitting”, manager Terry Collins said Wednesday night after a 7-1 loss to Kansas City dropped them into an 0-2 deficit.
Jacob deGrom was cruising until the fifth inning, when Kansas City got five hits – three with two outs – to take control of the game and the series. He came in with another slider, and Hosmer ripped it up the middle. “And if it’s that obvious, they would do something about it. But because, it’s only really a concern with the pitchers, and I don’t think there’s really enough to put on there that you can wipe it on and throw the ball back to the pitcher to where it’s going to affect how the pitcher throws the baseball”.
Duda followed with a soft single to shallow left field that allowed Daniel Murphy to score from second.
“Moustakas played for a month without telling anyone publicly about his mother’s death, Young pitched five innings of no-hit ball a day after his father’s death and now Volquez”, Yost said. Tuesday’s series opener could have gone either way, with the Mets and Royals trading leads, dramatic home runs and defensive miscues in a 14-inning battle.
Alcides Escobar, Hosmer and Mike Moustakas each notched two hits, with Escobar and Hosmer both driving in two runs.
Cueto delivered arguably the finest performance of his career, allowing one run and two hits in a complete-game, 7-1 romp over the New York Mets in Game 2. “She knows that. I’m one-track minded”, Zobrist said. First pitch is scheduled for 8:07 p.m. ET and Fox has the telecast. “We’ve got to do a better job of using the field to hit”. Alex Rios followed with a single, and Alcides Escobar singled home Gordon after failing to get down two bunt attempts. Cueto walked right fielder Curtis Granderson to lead off the inning and Murphy with one out. So if he pitches again in a Kansas City uniform, it probably means that the World Series has shifted back to Kauffman Stadium after three games in New York.
It was also the end of deGrom’s night, with Hansel Robles coming in. Given their resiliency thus far, you have to like the Mets’ chances. He worked around a one-out walk to Cain to record the 10th hitless half-inning of 14 played in the game.
Cueto was at 98 pitches as the eighth inning began, but he was facing the bottom of the New York order with a three-run lead, so there was no need for manager Ned Yost to rush to his bullpen.
In other words, Cueto did everything that he failed to do in his last postseason start against the Toronto Blue Jays. He had mixed results in two games in the division series.
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Murphy is 2-for-9 (.222) at the plate in two games, with two walks. If they are unable to do that, it’s unlikely that the Royals will give them another opportunity to score in the eighth inning, where last night the Mets appeared to steal a run.
