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NY Post Back Page, 11/1/2015

Mets lose late lead, fall to 3 Games to 1 deficit in 2015 World Series

Year: 2015; World Series Game #4; Wednesday; Oct 31, NYM 3 Vs KCR 5; boxscore; WP: Ryan Madson; LP: Tyler Clippard; Save: Wade Davis; Time: 3:29; Night; Attendance: 44,815; Record: 1-3; L;

Curtis Granderson RF: 1 for 3; CS,SF; 1 RBI; David Wright 3B: 0 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Daniel Murphy 2B: 1 for 4; Yoenis Céspedes CF-LF: 1 for 4; 2 Ks; Lucas Duda 1B: 0 for 4; 1 K; Travis d'Arnaud C: 0 for 3; 1 K; Michael Conforto LF: 2 for 3; 2·HR; 2 runs; 2 RBIs; 1 K; Kirk Nieuwenhuis CF: 0 for 0; Wilmer Flores SS: 1 for 3; 1 run; 2 Ks; Steven Matz P: 0 for 1; SH; Juan Lagares CF: 0 for 0; Kelly Johnson PH: 0 for 1; Steven Matz: 5 innings; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 7 hits; 5 Ks; Jon Niese, H (2): 0.2 inning; no runs; Bartolo Colón, H (1): 0.1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Addison Reed, H (2): 1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Tyler Clippard, H (5), L (0-1): 0.1 inning; 2 runs; 2 ERs; 2 walks; Jeurys Familia, BS (2): 0.2 inning; 1 run; 2 hits; Hansel Robles: 1 inning; no runs; 2 Ks;

The bad infield defense that plagued the team all year shows up in the World Series.  The Mets blow a 3-2 lead in the 8th as Daniel Murphy makes a key error.  Royals go on to score 3 to win 5-3.

NY Post: Conforto’s heroics, Matz’s solid start now just afterthoughts. "For a while on Saturday night, it looked like Steven Matz would be able to drive back to his childhood home on Long Island with the knowledge he pitched the Mets to the victory that evened the World Series with the help of fellow rookie Michael Conforto and his two solo homers. Instead, both were mere footnotes to a crushing 5-3 loss to the Royals in Game 4 of the World Series that left the Mets one loss away from their season ending."

ESPN.com: "The Mets had about as much success against their former teammate Young for the first couple of innings as they had in Game 1, when the 6-foot-10 Princeton grad held them hitless for the final three of the Royals' 14-inning win. Conforto changed that with the first swing of the third inning, sending a drive the first pitch deep into the second deck in right field for his third hit in 23 at-bats this postseason...Conforto pushed the lead back to two runs in the bottom half with his second long ball, a drive off Danny Duffy into the Mets' bullpen.

NY Post: Daniel Murphy’s error in 8th helps put Mets in 3-1 Series hole. "Murphy misplayed a routine grounder that led to an eighth-inning implosion for the Mets in their 5-3 loss to the Royals in Game 4 of the World Series at Citi Field. In a nightmare sequence for the Mets, reliever Tyler Clippard walked Ben Zobrist and Lorenzo Cain before Jeurys Familia entered for a five-out save. Eric Hosmer hit a slow grounder that rolled under Murphy’s glove, allowing the tying run to score. Before the inning was complete, two additional runs scored on two hits and the Mets were on their way to falling into a 3-1 hole in the series."

Newsday: "For all of Murphy's mighty clouts this postseason -- home runs in a postseason-record six games in a row -- the sight of the ball going under his glove and into rightfield might end up being one of the defining moments of this World Series if the Mets don't make a historic rally. 'It's frustrating because this ballclub -- we put ourselves in position to win a ballgame today and I misplayed it,' Murphy said. 'There's no excuse for it. We lost the ballgame because of it.'"

Ken Davidoff NY Post: Cespedes showing Mets fans his worst at the worst possible time. "In this heartbreaker for Mets fans, the multi-tool player Cespedes faltered at bat, in the field and, in the piece de resistance, on the bases. Right when the Mets threatened to put together a miraculous, ninth-inning rally against Kansas City’s indomitable closer Wade Davis, after blowing a one-run lead in the eighth, Cespedes somehow got doubled off first base on a harmless Lucas Duda line drive to Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, ending the game."