World Series Notebook: Royals Beat Mets, Take 3-1 Lead

By Andrew Kahn
Rookie’s blasts
Michael Conforto only had two hits in 22 postseason at-bats entering Game 4, though one was a home run in his first playoff at-bat. He added two more on Saturday, becoming the first rookie to hit two homers in a World Series game since Andruw Jones did it for Atlanta in 1996. Jones and Tony Kubek are the only players with a multi-homer World Series performance at a younger age than the 22-year-old Conforto. The 10th overall draft pick just last year, the outf