KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Call them the pressure-point Royals. They are relentless. Give them an inch and they take a game.
They put the ball in play and had the least amount of strikeouts in baseball during the regular season with 973, the only team with less than 1,100 Ks.
In the postseason they lead in average (.271), runs (63), slugging (.449) and on-base percentage (.328).
The Mets are ready. They know what they are up against going into Game 1 of the World Series Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium.