If you bet on “inside-the-park home run” for how the first run of the 2015 World Series would be scored, congratulations! You are probably counting a lot of money right now.
Game 1 of the World Series got off to an electrifying start for the home fans at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Royals leadoff hitter Alcides Escobar cranked the first pitch he saw from the Mets’ Matt Harvey deep into the left-center gap. Did it leave the park? No, but this play was more exciting. Center fielder Yoenis Cespedes let the ball go over his head and then accidentally kicked it toward left field.