The Kansas City Royals have taken a 2-0 series lead over the New York Mets with a 7-1 win at Kauffman Stadium. Johnny Cueto threw a complete game, allowing only two hits and one run with three walks and four strikeouts, per ESPN.

He became just the fifth pitcher since 2000 to throw a complete game in the World Series and allow one earned run or fewer, per Jon Morosi of FOX Sports. Cueto outpitched Mets ace Jacob deGrom, who was removed after just five innings, allowing six hits, four runs, issuing three walks, and striking out two.

Lucas Duda gave the Mets the lead in the fourth inning with a two-out RBI single. Cueto started the inning with two walks but escaped the inning with just one run allowed. The Royals got to deGrom in the fifth inning when Alex Gordon started with a leadoff walk.

Alex Rios then hit a single followed by an RBI single by ALCS MVP Alcides Escobar to tie the game at one apiece. After Lorenzo Cain and Ben Zobrist batted into outs, first baseman Eric Hosmer made it 3-1 with a two-run single, scoring Rios and Escobar.

Kansas City did not stop there, as Kendrys Morales hit another single to give the Royals two men on base with two outs. Mike Moustakas also singled to score Hosmer and give his team a 4-1 lead. Salvador Perez finally grounded out in the next at-bat to end the fifth inning.

The Royals scored three more insurance runs in the eighth inning. Moustakas started the inning with an infield single followed by a double by Perez to give Kansas City runners on second and third with no outs.

Gordon came up big with a double off Jon Niese to score Moustakas and Paulo Orlando hit a flyball for the first out, but Perez scores on a sac fly to make it 6-1. Escobar gets another hit, this time a triple to score Gordon, giving the Royals a 7-1 lead.

Yoenis Cespedes flew out for the final out as the Royals win 7-1. Both teams will have a one day rest, as they head to New York City in Citi Field for Game 3 of the World Series on Friday. The Mets will have rookie Noah Syndergaard on the mound against Yordano Ventura, per MLB.com.