Skip to main content

World Series Game 5 lineups: Royals look to finish off Mets


With their come-from-behind Game 4 win, the Royals are one win away from the franchise's first World Series title since 1985.

Neither manager made a change from Saturday, with Edinson Volquez taking the hill for the Royals and Matt Harvey looking to save the Mets' season.

Here are the full lineups:

Kansas City Royals

  1. Alcides Escobar, SS
  2. Ben Zobrist, 2B
  3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
  4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
  5. Mike Moustakas, 3B
  6. Salvador Perez, C
  7. Alex Gordon, LF
  8. Alex Rios, RF
  9. Edinson Volquez, RHP

New York Mets

  1. Curtis Granderson, RF
  2. David Wright, 3B
  3. Daniel Murphy, 2B
  4. Yoenis Cespedes, CF
  5. Lucas Duda, 1B
  6. Travis d'Arnaud, C
  7. Michael Conforto, LF
  8. Wilmer Flores, SS
  9. Matt Harvey, RHP

PHOTOS: Best of the 2015 World Series