Mets following same pattern as 1986 World Series

Fans of the New York Mets were given some much needed hope on Friday when their team returned home and trounced the Kansas City Royals 9-3 in Game 3 of the World Series. That trimmed the Royals series lead to 2-1 and positioned New York to even the series on Saturday night.

It we look deeper into Game 3's result though, and more specifically the margin of victory, perhaps there's even more reason for optimism for Mets' fans moving forward.

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The Mets won by six runs, which qualifies as a very impressive victory over the relentless Royals. It also continued a trend of each game's result and margin of victory equaling the 1986 World Series, which the Mets rallied from 0-2 down to win in seven games.

Hey, someone has to keep track of these things. It's up to the rest of us whether we want to acknowledge or ignore. We'll acknowledge, because even though we know it means absolutely nothing in the landscape of 2015 World Series, it's a little eerie, and eerie works well on Halloween.

Aside from that, it's always interesting to look back and remember how certain games played out. Especially in the 1986 series, where the focus is often placed on one game and one play for that matter. That would be Game 6 and Bill Buckner's series-changing error.

In 1986, the Boston Red Sox won Game 1 with a 1-0 shutout behind Bruce Hurst and Calvin Schiraldi. The game was completed in two hours, 59 minutes, and the lone run scored on Tim Teufel's seventh-inning error. There wasn't even an RBI credited. This season's Game 1 went 14 innings, taking five hours and nine minutes to complete. The Royals won 5-4 on Eric Hosmer's sacrifice fly, which was set up by David Wright's error.

In Game 2, the Red Sox took command by winning again at Shea Stadium. The final was 9-3, and this time six different players drove in runs, including Hall of Famer Wade Boggs. The Red Sox were all over a 21-year-old Doc Gooden that night, and the Mets looked to be in big trouble headed to Boston. This year's World Series was similar, as the Royals smacked around Jacob deGrom in a 7-1 game. Only this time, the series went east to New York.

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As for Game 3, well, you know how this year's went. The Mets bounced back in a big way, beating Yordano Ventura and company 9-3. Noah Syndegaard settled in nicely on the hill, while "The Captain" David Wright drove in four to give the series a whole new outlook. In 1986, the Mets won 7-1 behind three RBIs from "The Kid" Gary Carter, who many would probably say was the heart and soul of that team, much like Wright is today.

Both Game 3's had a feel-good story for Mets fans. Also, while the margins of victory were the same in all three games, also notice how the scores were reversed like the locations were reversed in Games 2 and 3. That, too, is strange.

So what does this all means for Game 4?

In reality, we'll say nothing. Within this exercise, though, we'll just point out the Mets won 6-2 with Ron Darling pitching on short rest and Gary Carter driving in three more runs.

No, the Mets aren't moving up Matt Harvey to pitch on Saturday. But if the Mets win by four runs and David Wright has another big game, well, we'll get back to you. Assuming the world hasn't ended by then.

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Mark Townsend is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at bigleaguestew@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Townie813