The lead is now commanding, and the Kansas City Royals have their season-long goal within reach.
After Johnny Cueto once again reverted to ace form and led the Royals to a 7-1 Game 2 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals lead the best-of-seven World Series 2-0 as it heads back to Citi Field in New York on Friday. But despite the Mets getting the next three games in their yard, the Royals control the most important series of the year.
The first two games showed us Cueto’s outstanding pitching performance along with the Mets’ top two starters faltering, the hotness of Alcides Escobar and the cooling down of Daniel Murphy. It also showed us plenty of reasons why the Royals have won the first two games.
As the series heads into its first day off, we look back at what we’ve already seen.