In the sixth inning, Zobrist hit his eighth double of the postseason, tying a postseason record previously set by Albert Pujols and David Freese of the 2011 St. Conforto hit another home run in the fifth inning, becoming the first rookie to hit two home runs in a World Series game since Andruw Jones in the 1996 World Series. Conforto scored the game's first run with a home run in the third inning, and Wilmer Flores scored later in the inning. The starting pitchers for Game 4 were Chris Young of the Royals and Steven Matz of the Mets. The Mets added a run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Conforto, and four more in the sixth inning. Granderson hit a two-run home run in the third inning, and the Mets took a 4–3 lead. For the Royals, Alex Rios drove Salvador Perez home in the second inning, and scored on a passed ball by Travis d'Arnaud, giving the Royals a 3–2 lead. In the bottom of the first inning, David Wright responded with a two-run home run that also scored Curtis Granderson. The first pitch thrown by Syndergaard was over the head of Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar causing the Royals to complain.

Ben Zobrist scored the Royals' first run in the first inning on a force play. With no designated hitter (DH) in NL parks, the Mets started Michael Conforto, their DH for Game 2, in the outfield instead of Juan Lagares, and the Royals did not start Kendrys Morales, their regular DH. Cueto pitched a complete game, the first by an AL pitcher in the World Series since Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, as the Royals defeated the Mets and took a two games to zero lead in the series.Īt Citi Field, Game 3 was started by Yordano Ventura of the Royals and Noah Syndergaard of the Mets. The Royals scored three more runs in the eighth inning. In the fifth inning, the Royals scored four runs on RBI singles by Alcides Escobar, Eric Hosmer, and Mike Moustakas. The Mets scored the first run of the game with a Lucas Duda single that scored Murphy in the fourth inning. In Game 2, Jacob deGrom started for the Mets, and Johnny Cueto started for the Royals. Hosmer hit a sacrifice fly to Granderson in right field to drive in the winning run. In the bottom of the 14th inning, Escobar reached first base on a throwing error by David Wright, and Bartolo Colon gave up a base hit to Ben Zobrist, allowing Escobar to reach third base. Alex Gordon tied the game for the Royals with a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, as Jeurys Familia blew his first save in six opportunities this postseason.

A single by Mike Moustakas tied the game at three, but in the top of the eighth, Wilmer Flores reached on an fielding error by Hosmer, allowing Juan Lagares to score the go-ahead run and give the Mets a 4-3 lead. Eric Hosmer reduced the lead to 3-2 with a sacrifice fly, and set a new Royals' postseason run batted in (RBI) record in the process.

Curtis Granderson hit a home run in the fifth inning to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. In the fourth inning, Daniel Murphy recorded the Mets' first hit, and later scored their first run on a hit by Travis d'Arnaud. On the first pitch thrown by Harvey, Alcides Escobar hit an inside-the-park home run, the first in a World Series game since Mule Haas in the 1929 World Series (and the first hit by a leadoff batter since Patsy Dougherty did it for the Boston Americans (now Red Sox) in 1903). He was not aware of his father's death until after he left the game. Volquez's father had died earlier in the day. Matt Harvey started Game 1 for the Mets, while Edinson Volquez started for the Royals.

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