The New York Mets got themselves back into the World Series with a 9-3 win over the Kansas City Royals in Game 3.

The Mets' win was a combination of a big performance from their most experienced hitters and one of their least experienced pitchers.

Here are the top 10 stats to know from the game:

1. The Mets' offense came alive, scoring nine runs, one shy of the most they've ever scored in a World Series game. They scored 10 in Game 2 of the 1973 World Series against the Athletics. The Mets slugged .203 in the first two games of the series. They slugged .528 in Game 3.

2. The player who got the offense going was Mets captain David Wright, who had his signature postseason game. Wright had his first World Series home run and a career postseason-high four RBIs. The only Mets player with more RBIs in a World Series game was another team icon, Rusty Staub, who had five in 1973.

3. Wright's first-inning home run Friday was hit on a 96 mph fastball. The last time he had a home run on a pitch at least that fast was May 3, 2013, against the Braves.

4. Another key contributor was Curtis Granderson, who had two hits, his second homer of the Series, three runs scored and two RBIs. Granderson has three hits in this World Series. In his first Series appearance (2006 with the Tigers against the Cardinals), he went 2-for-21.

5. Wright and Granderson combined to go 4-for-10 with six RBIs. They were 3-for-19 in the first two games of this series.

6. The Mets had a lot of trouble inducing missed swings in the first two games of the series, but Noah Syndergaard didn't. He got 16 of them. The next-most by a starting pitcher in this series is Matt Harvey with seven.

7. The 23-year-old Syndergaard is the second-youngest pitcher to win a World Series game for the Mets, trailing only Gary Gentry (a slightly younger 23).

8. Yordano Ventura ranked third in the majors in average fastball velocity (trailing Syndergaard and Nathan Eovaldi). But his fastball lacked oomph on Friday.

The Mets were 5-for-8 with two home runs and a double against Ventura's fastball. In the postseason, opponents are 18-for-50 (.360 batting average) with four homers, 11 total extra-base hits, and five walks against Ventura's fastball.

9. The Royals can take comfort in this: Teams that are up 2-games-to-1 in a best-of-7 series win the series 71 percent of the time.

10. Looking ahead, a lot has been made of the similarities in results between the 1986 World Series and this one for the Mets. In each, they lost Game 1 by one run, lost Game 2 by six runs and won Game 3 by six runs. There's a cool twist for Game 4.

In 1986, Game 4 featured Mets starter Ron Darling pitching in Fenway Park, the home park for the team for which he grew up rooting (Red Sox).

In 2015, Game 4 will feature Steven Matz pitching in the home ballpark of the team for which he grew up rooting.

The 1986 Mets won Game 4, 6-2.