2015 World Series Game 5: Eric Hosmer's daring dash ties score in 9th
Royals were down two runs heading to ninth, but Hosmer's double brought in one run and his baserunning tied the score, ruining (for the moment) what had been a storybook for Matt Harvey.
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Dave Brown
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Eric Hosmer waited for David Wright to throw and once he did, he took off. Dashing for home with two outs in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night, Hosmer rushed first baseman Lucas Duda into making an inaccurate throw. Hosmer slid in safely and the Royals had tied the New York Mets 2-all. Another late comeback.
Hosmer already had supplied the key hit in the ninth, lining an RBI double to left against Matt Harvey, after Lorenzo Cain had drawn a leadoff walk against him. Harvey came into the ninth with a four-hitter, striking out nine, and was three outs away from sending the Series back to Kauffman Stadium for Game 6 (at least). TV cameras had caught Harvey lobbying manager Terry Collins for three more outs in the dugout -- Collins, it seemed, had decided to pull him before the leadoff man -- and Harvey's pleas worked. After two batters and a run in the ninth, Harvey was out of the game.
With closer Jeurys Familia on the mound, Mike Moustakas put Hosmer 90 feet away by pulling a grounder to first for one out. That brought Sal Perez to the plate. Familia broke his bat on a full swing, hitting a grounder in the hole.
Wright went to his left fielding the ball -- possibly a mistake in not letting shortstop Wilmer Flores grab it -- and made a quick throw to first. As soon as Hosmer saw Wright throw to first, he broke for the plate.
Duda was not credited with an error on his throw, but he could have been. Regardless of the scoring, Hosmer was safe at home and the score was locked up.
Here's how it sounded in the Mets' booth (English and Spanish)
Here's the Mets booth and the Spanish broadcast feed of Hosmer scoring the tying run pic.twitter.com/D2ZcgxMaBy
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