I wasn't expecting that and wanted to make sure when I got in the box I was ready to hit. "The at-bat before with Salvy (Perez), I saw him quick pitch. "Great sinker, so I wanted to be ready for it. Definitely wasn't trying to do that against him," Gordon said. "I never saw him before, knew he was really good. Familia had allowed only one home run since then, and looked like New York’s new Mariano Rivera. That was the day before the Mets acquired Yoenis Cespedes. This was his first at-bat against Familia, who hadn't blown a save since the Mets' toughest regular season defeat, a loss at home to the Padres that came via a Justin Upton home run in the rain. Gordon has the type of ability to shock folks, and this was a doozy. "Shocking," Mets manager Terry Collins called Gordon's homer. Familia had 0.41 postseason WHIP entering the evening, and he retired the first two hitters easily after entering with two on and two out in the eighth inning. Gordon seems to have a knack for hitting improbable homers in impossible spots. "I was the happiest person in here," said Hosmer, who wound up lifting the game-winning sacrifice fly five innings later off Bartolo Colon that won Game 1 for the Royals, 5-4. But there was a mixture of both joy and relief for Eric Hosmer, whose error allowed the Mets to take a late lead that looked strong with Familia on the mound.Īfter Gordon sent Familia's 97 mph sinker over the fence in dead center field here at the K, Hosmer gave him a bear hug in the dugout. When Royals star Alex Gordon hit the improbable one-out, tying homer in the ninth inning of Game 1 of the World Series off seemingly infallible Mets closer Jeurys Familia, there was unbridled joy spilling out of Kauffman Stadium.
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