A year after stranding the tying run on third base and losing a World Series title showdown, the Kansas City Royals have taken motivation from the heartbreak to become champions. The Royals snapped a 30-year drought Sunday by capturing Major League Baseball's best-of-seven championship with a 7-2, 12-inning victory over the New York Mets, taking the series four games to one. Kansas City became the first team since the 1989 Oakland A's to win the World Series a year after losing it, having fallen to San Francisco in seven games in 2014.