World Series Game 1: By the numbers
Baseball fans are feeling the effects at work today after staying up for a marathon World Series Game One last night in Kansas City.
The Mets were defeated by the Royals 5 to 4 in 14th inning walk-off fashion.
Here are some of the key tidbits from last night's historic opening game.
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(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) 115 seconds
The amount of time it took for Royals SS Alcides Escobar to score on his first-pitch inside-the-park home run. It was the first inside-the-park homer since 1929.
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(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) 214 innings
The amount of innings it took to complete last night's game, which is tied for the longest game ever and first time an opening game lasted 14 innings.
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The duration of last night's marathon World Series opener. In fact, viewers were subjected to the second longest game ever in the Fall Classic.
- Joe Torre, Major League Baseball's Chief Baseball Officer, meets with umpires in the fourth inning to discuss technical difficulties during Game One of the 2015 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets at Kauffman Stadium on October 27, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Joe Torre, Major League Baseball's Chief Baseball Officer, meets with umpires in the fourth inning to discuss technical difficulties during Game One of the 2015 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Mets at Kauffman Stadium on October 27, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) 42
The number of times the Fox broadcast went out and forced them to cut back to the studio.
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(Photo credit: manaemedia, ThinkStock) 515.26 million
The amount of people who tuned in for last night's game, according to preliminary data. That marks the highest World Series rating since 2009.
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