World Series Pre-Gamin’: Royals v. Mets (7:00 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, etc.

citi field metsI can’t decide if I’m rooting for the series to get competitive with a Mets win tonight …

… or if I’m petty and small and I’m rooting for the Mets to feel as the Cubs did last week.

Game Info

Kansas City Royals at New York Mets (KC leads 2-0), 7:00pm CT on FOX

Game Thread

This is it, folks. Down there. Those comments. Go nuts.

Starting Pitchers

Yordano Ventura (4.08 ERA, 3.57 FIP, 3.60 xFIP; 2.69 K/BB)

versus

Noah Syndergaard (3.24 ERA, 3.25 FIP, 2.91 xFIP; 5.35 K/BB)

New York Mets Lineup

1. Curtis Granderson, RF

2. David Wright, 3B

3. Daniel Murphy, 2B

4. Yoenis Cespedes, CF

5. Lucas Duda, 1B

6. Travis d’Arnaud, C

7. Michael Conforto, LF

8. Wilmer Flores, SS

9. Noah Syndergaard, P

Kansas City Royals Lineup

1. Alcides Escobar, SS

2. Ben Zobrist, 2B

3. Lorenzo Cain, CF

4. Eric Hosmer, 1B

5. Mike Moustakas, 3B

6. Salvador Perez, C

7. Alex Gordon, LF

8. Alex Rios, RF

9. Yordano Ventura, P

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