Game 1 of the 2015 World Series was tremendously entertaining in every way. From a statistical viewpoint, it was fascinating. Here are our 14 favorite notes from the Kansas City Royals' win over the New York Mets, one for each inning played.

1. This tied the longest game by innings in World Series history, matching the 14-inning games played between the Red Sox and Dodgers in 1916 (Game 2) and the White Sox and Astros in 2005 (Game 3). It is the longest Game 1 of a World Series.

2. Until now, the Royals had never won Game 1 of a World Series, losing in 1980, 1985 and 2014. The Mets are 0-5 all-time in World Series Game 1s. In each of the last two, they had a ninth-inning lead and couldn't close it.

3. The three winning pitchers in 14-inning World Series games are Babe Ruth (1916), Damaso Marte (2005) and Chris Young. Young is the first pitcher in World Series history to pitch three innings out of the bullpen – all in extra innings -- and get the win.

4. Eric Hosmer was in line to be on the losing end, as his eighth-inning error resulted in the run that put the Mets temporarily ahead. Instead, he hit a game-ending sacrifice fly, the first in a World Series since Jerry Willard hit one for the Braves against the Twins in 1991.

5. Bartolo Colon was the losing pitcher. At age 42, he became the oldest pitcher to lose a World Series game, surpassing the record previously held by Grover Cleveland Alexander (age 41 in 1928).

6. Alex Gordon hit the tying home run off Jeurys Familia in the ninth inning. He became the first player to hit a tying home run in the ninth inning of a World Series game since Scott Brosius of the 2001 Yankees did it against the Diamondbacks.

7. Familia entered the game having given up four runs in his past 39 innings. He had converted 21 straight save chances. His last blown save came against the Padres on July 30 -- the day before the Mets traded for Yoenis Cespedes.

8. Alcides Escobar opened the bottom of the first inning with an inside-the-park homer. The Elias Sports Bureau noted it was the 12th inside-the-park home run in World Series history, the first since Mule Haas of the 1929 Athletics hit one against the Cubs.

9. More from Elias: Escobar was the third player to hit an inside-the-park home run in a World Series opener. The last was Casey Stengel for the 1923 Giants against the Yankees. Stengel later managed both the Yankees and the Mets.

10. Two of the three World Series games to go 14 innings featured an inside-the-park home run. The other one was hit by Hy Myers of the Dodgers against the Red Sox (and Ruth!) in 1916.

11. Royals pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts, tied for the second-most in a World Series game. The only game with more was Game 1 of the 1968 World Series when Bob Gibson of the Cardinals struck out 17 Tigers.

12. The teams combined to use 36 players including 13 pitchers. They threw 417 pitches over 115 plate appearances. That led to the second-longest World Series game from a time standpoint -- 5 hours and 9 minutes -- surpassed only by the 5-hour, 41-minute Game 3 between the White Sox and Astros in 2005.

13. Elias also notes the Royals have won five games this postseason after trailing by multiple runs, tied for the most such wins in a postseason (1996 Yankees).

14. Looking ahead: The winner of Game 1 of a World Series has won 17 of the past 20 World Series, including five straight.