World Series preview: Making cases for the Mets and Royals

A capsule look at the 111th World Series between theKansas City Royals and the New York Mets:

Time/TV/Probable Pitchers

(All games on Fox)

Game 1: Mets (Matt Harvey, 13-8, 2.71 ERA) at Royals (Edinson Volquez, 13-9, 3.55 ERA), Tuesday, 8:07 p.m. ET

Game 2: Mets (Jacob deGrom, 14-8, 2.54 ERA) at Royals (Johnny Cueto, 11-13, 3.44), Wednesday, 8:07 p.m. ET

Game 3: Royals (Yordano Ventura, 13-8, 4.08 ERA) at Mets (Noah Syndergaard, 9-7, 3.24 ERA), Friday, 8:07 p.m. ET

Game 4: Royals (Chris Young, 11-6, 3.06) at Mets (Steven Matz, 4-0. 2.27), Saturday, 8:07 p.m. ET

Game 5*: Royals (Volquez) at Mets (Harvey), Sunday, 8:15 p.m. ET

Game 6*: Mets (deGrom) at Royals (Cueto), Nov. 1, 8:07 p.m. ET

Game 7*: Mets (Syndergaard) at Royals (Ventura), Nov. 2, 8:07 p.m. ET

(* if necessary)