KANSAS CITY, Mo. Curtis Granderson waited nine years to get back to the World Series after struggling through a 2-for-21 performance for the 2006 Jake Ryan Jersey Tigers in their lo s to the Cardinals. He made his presence felt for the Mets on Tuesday night in Game 1 against the Royals.Batting with one out in the fifth inning of a tie game, Granderson ripped a 1-2 pitch from Edinson Volquez down the right-field line and into the stands for his first career World Series home run, his first homer of Taco Charlton Jersey this years playoffs and a 2-1 Mets lead.MORE: Granderson has had a good postseason, at 10 for 33 with four stolen bases through the National League Division Series and Championship Series, but had not found his power stroke, with only two extra-base hits Delano Hill Jersey ,both against the Dodgers. During the regular season, Granderson hit 26 homers, his most since he belted 43 for the Yankees in 2012.In his first at-bat of this year'sWorld Series, Granderson flied out to left field leading off the game. He drew a two-out Isaiah Paige Jersey walk in the third inning before going deep in the fifth.Combined with on the first pitch Matt Harvey threw in the bottom of the first, Grandersons dinger Brennen Beyer Jersey marked the first time in a World Series game that both leadoff men went deep since Game 2 in 1958, when Bill Bruton homered in the first inning for the Braves and Hank Bauer went deep in the ninth for the Yankees.