Following Sunday night’s 7-2 win over the New York Mets in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez was named World Series MVP.
Perez, 25, batted .364 (8-for-22) with a .375 on-base and .455 slugging percentage while playing stellar defense and guiding his pitching staff through a 4-1 series win over the Mets.
“You guys know what we do all season. We never quit. We never put our heads down. We never think about, okay, the game is over, no. We always compete to the last out. And that’s what we do tonight.”
“Harvey threw a tremendous game today,” Perez continued. “He didn’t miss too many pitches. But in the ninth inning Lorenzo Cain took a good at-bat, good walk. Hosmer follows with a double, and after that it was history.”
Ned Yost commended his young catcher.
“He just had a phenomenal series. I think if I had one regret during the whole playoffs was I had to pinch-run for Sal there in that inning. But it opened up the door for us to score five. I really wish that Sal could have been out there to jump in Wade’s arm when we got that final out.”
Better him than Hosmer or Moustakas…
