The Royals chose Edinson Volquez to start Tuesday night’s Game 1 of the World Series instead of Cueto, who is scheduled to pitch Wednesday night in Game 2.
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Kansas City needed six games to take down the Blue Jays and Game 6 went down to the final out as the Blue Jays had a chance to tie or take the lead late.
Oh, and by the way, Daniel Murphy finally went a game, and awfully long one at that, without hitting a home run.
Cueto is one of three Dominican pitchers set to open the first three games of the World Series for the Royals, who would become the first non-US trio from the same nation to open for a World Series club. Check below for the Mets Royals game TV details and how to watch the 2015 World Series free streaming online as well.
A person familiar with the situation says the father of Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez died shortly before his son was to start Game 1 of the World Series against the New York Mets.
When then-commissioner Bud Selig announced that the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game would be held at Kauffman Stadium, the city prepared a security plan for the event that was the basis for its World Series preparations.
But Cueto was happy to declare victory. “We just felt it was the best move”. He is 3-4 with a 4.02 ERA in 11 starts against the Mets. In a sense, Cueto often changes speeds even before he delivers the ball.
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That turned the game into a battle of the bullpens, which is exactly what the Mets can’t afford in this series, mostly because their set-up relievers are thought to be their weak link – and indeed Familia had to bail out Tyler Clippard in the eighth inning. But in the end, it felt as if their postseason magic had disappeared.
