The Kansas City Royals used a brilliant complete-game outing from Johnny Cueto and a four-run blitz in the fifth inning to defeat the New York Mets, 7-1, in Game 2 of the World Series and take a 2-0 lead as things gets set to shift East.
Cueto stayed perfect at home in the postseason by striking out four and allowing a mere two hits over nine innings. The Royals have also now won a franchise-best seven straight playoff games at home, per ESPN Stats & Info.
According to Grantland's Rany Jazayerli, Wednesday's outing was a near-carbon copy of Cueto's Game 5 effort against the Houston Astros in the American League Division Series:
Johnny Cueto is the 3rd pitcher ever with two 8+ IP, 2- H starts in their entire playoff careers.