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The Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6, to win the 2015 ALCS and earn a trip to face the New York Mets in the 2015 World Series. The Royals beat the New York Mets 4 games to 1 to become the 2015 World Series champions. [48] It was the Royals' first World Series title since 1985.
The 2015 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2015 season.The 111th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Kansas City Royals.
For 28 consecutive seasons, between the 1985 World Series championship and 2014, the Royals did not qualify to play in the Major League Baseball postseason, one of the longest postseason droughts during baseball's expanded wild-card era. The worst years during this era were from 2002 to 2006, when the Royals had four 100-loss seasons out of five.
Then in Game 5, with the Mets three outs away from forcing Game 6, the Royals scored two runs to tie the game, before seldom-used infielder Christian Colón drove in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning, helping Kansas City win 7–2 and clinch their second World Series championship. All Star catcher Salvador Pérez was named Series MVP for his ...
American League Division Series. Royals vs. Yankees. Game 1: Royals at Yankees, 5:38 p.m. Saturday on TBS. Game 2: Royals at Yankees, 6:38 p.m. Monday on TBS. Game 3: Yankees at Royals, TBD ...
The Kansas City Royals have returned to the Major League Baseball postseason for the first time since they won the 2015 World Series. No. 3: Anatomy of a revival: How the KC Royals went from 56 ...
Both teams split the first two games in Kansas City — the Astros stole Game 1 on the road, while the Royals rallied in the sixth and seventh innings of Game 2 to even the series headed to Houston. Dallas Keuchel and the Astros' bullpen helped the Astros prevail 4–2 in Game 3 to take a 2–1 series lead, and were one win away from returning ...
The Kansas City Royals added Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman and Yuli Gurriel over the weekend. ... Gurriel also has made two World Series appearances and won the 2021 batting title.