In typical New York Mets fashion, images of the 2015 World Series will haunt the team's fans for years. The Mets left the door open for a resilient Kansas City team too many times -- and, in the end, gave away too many opportunities.
That was the story for the Mets the entire series. Anything that could go wrong, did. And now, Mets fans are left with only a few painful memories -- five, in particular, that doomed their World Series chances.
1. Closer Jeurys Familia gives up game-tying home run in Game 1
Jeurys Familia was lights out heading into the the World Series. Before the Fall Classic, Familia's last blown save was all the way back on July 30 against the San Diego Padres. That would change in his first appearance in the Series.
With New York two outs away from a 4-3 Game 1 victory, the team's trusted closer would end up giving a long home run to the Royals' Alex Gordon.
The game ended up going until the 14th inning, when the Royals won on an Eric Hosmer sacrifice fly.
2. Pitcher Jacob deGrom allows four runs in fifth inning of Game 2
Jacob deGrom was expected to come in and right the ship for the team in Game 2. New York had just lost Game 1 in unexpected fashion. He did a great job of that for the first four innings, but things fell apart in the fifth inning of Game 2.
DeGrom gave up four runs that inning and it would seal the game for the Royals, who ended up winning 7-1 and taking a 2-0 series lead.
3. Second baseman Daniel Murphy's error in Game 4
The Mets won Game 3 and were in great position to tie the series with a one-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 4.
After Mets reliever Tyler Clippard walked two batters, Familia was asked to come in and get a five-out save.
He was able to get Eric Hosmer to ground out softly, but a charging Daniel Murphy let the ball roll underneath his glove and opened the floodgates.
As they have in previous games, Kansas City would take advantage and score three runs in that inning. They would win Game 4 by a score of 5-3 and take a 3-1 series lead.