KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Edinson Volquez pitched Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday without knowing his father had passed away during the day.

According to Royals manager Ned Yost, Volquez’s family didn’t want the pitcher told that Daniel Volquez had died in the Dominican Republic, that the family wanted him to pitch Tuesday.

“I don’t have any idea when he found out. We found out about it before the game and the wishes of the family was let Eddie pitch,’’ Yost said following the Royals’ 5-4 win in 14 innings. “I was kind of keeping my eye on him and he was fine. He didn’t know and I guess after the game he found out.’’

Volquez departed Kauffman Stadium with his family before the game was decided.

Yost knew but adhered to the family’s wishes. Still, he approached Chris Young, who lost his father this season, to be prepared to start.

“I talked to Chris Young and told him that if Eddie finds out, you know how tough that can be,’’ Yost said. “It’s a very, very tough thing, especially right before you are about to go out and pitch. It would be almost impossible to do that in Game 1 of the World Series. I told Chris to be ready in case something happens.’’

Volquez retired the first eight Mets and worked around hitting Kelly Johnson and walking Curtis Granderson by striking out David Wright looking in the third.

Volquez gave up solo runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and left after six. He gave up three runs and six hits including a homer to Curtis Granderson in the fifth.

“It’s another game, I don’t have to do anything different than what I have been doing,’’ Volquez said Monday. “I have to stay focused because this is a World Series game. You don’t have too many chances to make a lot of mistakes in these games.’’

After giving up an RBI single to Travis d’Arnaud in the fourth that tied the score, 1-1, Volquez hung 1-2 breaking ball to Granderson with one out in the fifth that turned into a home run over the right-field wall and a 2-1 Mets lead.

Volquez was in position to get pasted in the sixth when Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda opened with singles that put runners at the corners. The Mets scored a run on Michael Conforto’s two-out sacrifice fly that made it 3-1, but Volquez retired Wilmer Flores to end the inning.

Thanks to the Royals scoring twice against Matt Harvey in the sixth inning to tie the score 3-3, and Danny Duffy replacing Volquez, the starter exited with a no-decision.

“Most of the guys didn’t know,’’ said Alex Gordon, whose ninth-inning homer off Jeurys Familia tied the score 4-4. “Ned said to me, ‘Let’s win the game for Volquez.’ ’’