Kansas City World Series champs' parade planned for Tuesday

"We've got the same group, nearly the same group, when I played my first year in 2007 in Arizona, the Rookie League". And I trust them.

"I wasn't surprised when I got the opportunity".

"You're proud to have him on the team with everything he's been through the last couple of days". In addition, Perez has caught 38 spring training innings over the past two years plus 36 innings during the major league All-Stars' 2014 post-season tour of Japan.

Kansas City's bullpen continued to shut down the opposition, highlighted on Sunday by hard-throwing right-hander Kelvin Herrera, who went three innings, allowing just one hit and striking out three, helping Ned Yost and the Royals conserve their bullpen.

With fans chanting his name even before he took the mound for the first pitch, the 26-year-old Harvey looked as if he was determined to set aside all the controversy that seemed to follow him this season, his first after Tommy John surgery in late 2013. The bearded, 6-foot-4 pitcher towered over his 5-foot-9 manager as he stated his case.

"I want this game".

"I wanted it bad", Harvey said.

"Matt, you've got us exactly where we wanted to get you", the manager replied. "I was just excited, seeing all the smiles in the dugout, everyone just pumped out". "That's why you've got to play nine innings". You could see it in the way they went 7-for-7 stealing bases in the series, the way that every New York mistake got compounded into something game-changing.

"If you're going to let him just face one guy, you shouldn't have sent him out there", Collins said.

Harvey, who had dueled with Royals starter Edinson Volquez in the tense battle, walked leadoff hitter Lorenzo Cain, who promptly stole second base.

"I just told he players, I've done this for a long, long time and this is the most fun I've ever had in all the years", said Collins, at age 66 is the oldest manager in the majors. "It was my fault".

Madison Bumgarner got Salvador Perez to pop up in foul territory, and the Giants were world champions.

"I wanted the ball". "In a different world it would have been a lot different".

They took home the series 4 games to 1.

No more September talk about innings limits that rankled the Mets' front office and fans, his social life or Instagram account.

With Hosmer's run, Familia had blown his third save of the World Series, which had never happened.

Familia escaped further trouble in the ninth Sunday and pitched a 1-2-3 10th, but Collins pinch hit for him in the bottom half.

A pinch-hit single by utility infielder Christian Colon scored the go-ahead run off reliever Addison Reed in the 12th and the Royals added four more runs in capturing the best-of-seven championship series by four games to one.

Perez hit safely in all five games of the World Series against the New York Mets, batting.

If only Familia hadn't given up Alex Gordon's tying homer with one out in the ninth inning of the opener. "I figured it was a good shot he was going to score right there".

But for these resilient Royals, no deficit was too large, no time too late. "And that's inexcusable for me".