KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Yoenis Cespedes dropped another ball against the Royals. It again set a first-inning tenor. It once more contributed to a Mets loss against Kansas City in the first game of a series.
On the first pitch of the 2015 World Series, Alcides Escobar launched a ball to center that Cespedes misplayed then booted into an inside-the-park homer.
Back in left field — where he is a Gold Glove winner — Cespedes waited to the second Royals batter Sunday night to drop a one-out liner, by Mike Moustakas, who would eventually score the first run of a 4-3 Kansas City victory.