The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Mets on Sunday night in Game Five of the 2015 World Series, 7-2. It was a thriller that took the Royals 12 innings to put the Mets away and secure their World Series championship. It was the first time in thirty years that the Royals have won the World Series.

The Royals did it their way, of course. They were the comeback kids all year long and proved that time and time again against New York including a thrilling Game Five that went the 12 innings, reported The Sporting News. With the Mets up 2-0, in the Royals’ ninth, starting Mets pitcher Matt Harvey, who had been brilliant all night, demanded to stay in the game and finish it. Mets manager Terry Collins wanted to relieve him after Harvey having had already made 102 pitches. Harvey coming out in the ninth to the roar of the home town crowd was the beginning of the end for the Mets.

Eric Hosmer brought the Royals to within one run as he drove a Harvey fastball over the head of a Mets outfielder. One out later, Hosmer was on third and began a mad dash for home on a slow chopper to David Wright at third. Rather than throw home to cut off the run, Wright went to first with it. They got the out at first and then Lucas Duda whirled to try and get Hosmer at home.

Duda panicked when the proverbial chips were down and fired the ball past the waiting catcher and the ball went to the backstop. Hosmer scored easily to tie the game. A good throw would have ended it on a rather odd double play and the Mets would have lived another day.

The game remained tie until it was Kansas City’s turn in the 12th inning. As they had done so many times before, the Royals put together an offensive clinic that produced five runs. The Mets never really had a chance in their half of the 12th inning. The New York Mets had an astonishing season and were a fitting National League champion. The Royals, however, were just too much. Just as they had been too much for everyone else all season long.