Christian Colon delivered an RBI single in his only at-bat of the postseason to spark a five-run 12th inning that gave the Royals their first World Series championship in 30 years with a 7-2 victory over the Mets in Game 5 on Sunday night at Citi Field.

The Royals finished off their first World Series championship in 30 years on Sunday night, and appropriately, their aggressive baserunning took center stage. With help from Statcast™, here is a look at five key plays from what turned out to be the final Major League game of 2015.

After Sunday’s season-ending loss, the Mets were proud to have made it as far as they did, they were thankful for the support of their fans, and they gave credit to a Royals team they’ve described all series as relentless.

Commissioner Rob Manfred has reasons to be proud after the first World Series during his reign. Ratings for the postseason that culminated in Kansas City winning its first championship in 30 years were strong. The World Series yielded several memorable moments, including two games that were decided in extra innings.

The disappointment of losing the World Series to the Royals will fade as the days turn into weeks and the weeks turn into months, Mets captain David Wright said. Only then will the Mets realize what they accomplished.

Daniel Murphy plans to drive to Citi Field on Monday and clean out his locker. He will head home to Florida from there, to a winter of decompression. He may never be back.

Batting with the bases loaded, Yoenis Cespedes fouled a pitch off his knee, and thus hindered managed just a pop fly before exiting the game.

Once the final out was made on Sunday night, manager Ned Yost and his coaches embraced for a staff scrum while Royals players converged on the field to begin a World Series-winning celebration that soon headed into the clubhouse.

Royals starter Edinson Volquez spoke to his late father, Daniel, on the drive to Citi Field on Sunday. He told his dad he was pitching that night’s game because he knew it’s what he would’ve wanted him to do. Volquez could swear he heard Daniel telling him to have fun, to enjoy the game, like he always has. And when he left the bullpen and walked onto the field for the start of World Series Game 5, Volquez could feel his father right beside him.

Eric Hosmer broke for home plate the instant Mets third baseman David Wright threw the baseball across the diamond. How appropriate that it would be this guy, Hosmer, owning this moment. He represents the best of these Kansas City Royals, their emergence and maturity and growth. His game is their game. It’s defense and baserunning and putting the ball in play. It’s keeping the pressure on, forcing the other guy to make plays, taking advantage of every opening.

It was two years ago when the Royals broke through with their first winning record under general manager Dayton Moore and their first winning season in 10 years.

They wore paper crowns and plastic crowns and shiny golden metal crowns. There were moose ears, tiaras and tears. But mostly, Kansas City fans simply enjoyed a respectful celebration in the stands behind the third-base dugout after their Royals beat the Mets, 7-2, on Sunday night in Game 5 to win the 2015 World Series on the road at Citi Field.

Thirty years ago, it took the Kansas City Royals the full seven games to claim a World Series championship, and in the process, they had to overcome 3-1 deficits in both the American League Championship Series against the Blue Jays and in the World Series against the Cardinals.

Maybe this was Salvador Perez’s unshakable destiny, to be limping down this hallway in the basement of Citi Field, cleats clattering on the hard ground, shirt dripping with champagne, hands clutching the World Series Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet.

Lucas Duda fired wide of Travis d’Arnaud as Eric Hosmer raced home with the tying run, helping to set up the Royals’ championship-clinching victory in Game 5 of the World Series.

This is a team, and a season, that will be remembered for generations.

A good throw would have had him. A good throw would have nailed Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer at the plate for the final out in Game 5 of the World Series at Citi Field. A good throw would have sealed the Mets’ win and sent the World Series back to Kansas City. Hosmer knew what he was doing, though.