The New York Mets are swept in Chicago

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Thursday afternoon.  The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 6-5.  Jon Niese started and pitched ok.  Lucas Duda and Anthony Recker each had a couple of hits. 

Niese pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up six hits and six runs with four of them being earned.  He walked one and struck out two and took his third loss of the season.  Robles pitched to two batters and retired them both, Leathersich walked the only batter that he faced adn Erik Goeddel pitched an inning striking out one. 

Travis Wood pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up seven hits and five runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Jason Motte pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one, Justin Grimm pitched a perfect inning striking out the side and James Russell pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.  Pedro Strop pitched 1 1/3 innings striking out two and picking up his first win of the season and Hector Rondon pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one and he picked up his eighth save of the season. 

Curtis Granderson had two hits, Dilson Herrera had a hit and Lucas Duda had two hits.  John Mayberry Jr. had a hit and two RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI, Anthony Recker had two hits and two RBI and Ruben Tejada drew a walk.  Daniel Murphy had a hit, Duda hit a double and Recker hit two homeruns.  Flores also hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Granderson had a stolen base, Flores committed an error and Recker had a passed ball. 

Dexter Fowler had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Anthony Rizzo had a hit and an RBI and Kris Bryant had a hit and an RBI.  Chris Coghlan drew a walk, Jorge Soler had a hit and Matt Szczur had a hit and an RBI.  Addison Russell had an RBI, Szczur hit a double and Fowler hit a homerun.  The Cubs were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Coghlan had a stolen base. 

In the second Recker hit a solo homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fourth Flores hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 2-0.  Recker hit a solo homerun in the fourth to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the bottom of the fourth Fowler hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-1.  Mayberry Jr. hit a two run single in the fifth to push the lead to 5-1 Mets.  In the bottom of the fifth Dzczur hit an RBI double and the score was cut to 5-2.  Russell reached on an error and the lead was down to 5-3.  Rizzo hit an RBI single and suddenly the score was 5-4 Mets.  Bryant hit an RBI single and tied the game at five.  In the bottom of the seventh a passed ball allowed a run to score giving the Cubs a 6-5 lead and that would be the final score. 

The Mets will return home to take on the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.