First pitch: Sunday, 8:07 p.m. ET
World Series – Game 5
Line: Kansas City +130, New York -140, Total: 7

The Royals will be looking to close out the World Series with a victory over the Mets in Game 5 on Sunday.

New York held another lead late in the game on Saturday, but a series of errors gave the Royals a lead. The Mets have now allowed some poor fielding to cost them victories in both Game 1 and Game 4. They will need to find a way to put it behind them and extend this series with a win on Sunday. This game will feature the same starters that faced off in the opening game of this series, as RHP Matt Harvey (15-8, 2.90 ERA, 206 K) of the Mets takes on RHP Edinson Volquez (14-11, 3.71 ERA, 170 K) of the Royals. All four games in this series have gone Over the total heading into this one. Edinson Volquez is 11-3 against the money line when pitching with a total of 7 or less over the past two seasons. The Mets, however, are 18-2 against the money line as a home favorite of -125 to -150 this season. 2B Omar Infante (Oblique) is the only regular missing from the Royals lineup and SS Ruben Tejada (Leg) is the only one who will not be playing for the Mets.

The Royals have a chance to close out this series on Sunday and avoid facing Jacob deGrom in a potential Game 6. Edinson Volquez had a dramatic week after losing his father, but he is set to start this game on Sunday. Volquez tossed a quality start in Game 1, allowing just three earned runs in six innings of work. He allowed six hits in that game, though, and will need to do a better job of avoiding bats in this contest. C Salvador Perez (.264, 4 HR, 7 RBI in playoffs) was the best hitter for the Royals in Game 4, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the game. He will need to provide some more offense moving forward in this series. Kansas City will also need a better performance out of 1B Eric Hosmer (.200, 1 HR, 16 RBI in playoffs), who went 0-for-4 against the Mets in Game 4. He is one of the Royals’ most consistent hitters and has to get back to being the clutch performer he has been over the past two seasons.

The Mets are going to be extremely upset with themselves after blowing a lead in the top of the eighth inning, but they need to pull themselves together and do their best to win this game on Sunday. Matt Harvey is going to be the starter in this one after allowing just three earned runs in six innings of work in Game 1. Harvey has allowed seven earned runs in 18.2 innings on the mound in this postseason and he will be looking to allow one or less runs in this start for the first time all playoffs. Offensively, OF Yoenis Cespedes (.235, 2 HR, 8 RBI in playoffs) will need to be a lot better on Sunday, as he has seriously slumped since the beginning of the postseason. Cespedes is just 3-for-18 over the past five games and he needs to be a presence at the plate for New York moving forward in this series or it will be nearly impossible for them to get back into it.