Michael Conforto wasn't happy to see Alcides Escobar's fly ball lead to an inside-the-park home run during Tuesday night's Game 1 of the World Series.

Conforto, the left fielder for the New York Mets, thought he heard center fielder Yoenis Cespedes call for the fly ball. While Cespedes indicated that he "didn't say anything."

"We're both going toward the gap," Conforto said. "I thought I heard something. It sounded like, 'I got it.' So I pulled up. I really don't want to make any excuses. I had a shot to catch that ball. Really, that ball can't get down. We're in the World Series and it's got to be caught. I had a chance to make the play and didn't make it."

Terry Collins noted the rookie Conforto was playing in his first World Series game and potentially unaccustomed to the loudness of the ballpark.

"Michael could have caught it. He thought Cespedes called it," Collins said. "Yeah, it should have been caught, but wasn't caught."