The New York Mets defeated the Chicago
Cubs on Monday night. The game took
place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 6-1. Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he
pitched well. Jay Bruce had three hits
to lead the offense.
deGrom pitched a complete game
giving up five hits and a run. He walked
four and struck out six and won his fifth game of the season.
John Lackey pitched five innings
giving up six hits and four runs with two walks and a strikeout. Lackey lost his seventh game of the
season. Brian Duensing pitched 2 2/3
innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Felix
Pena pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run.
Curtis Granderson had a hit and
drew a walk, Neil Walker had a hit and Yoenis Cespedes had a hit. Bruce had three hits, two RBI and drew a
walk, Asdrubal Cabrera had two hits and two RBI and Travis d’Arnaud had two
hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Jose Reyes
had a hit and an RBI, Bruce and d’Arnaud each hit a double and Cabrera hit two
homeruns and Bruce also hit a homerun.
The Mets were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Cabrera committed an error.
Kris Bryant had a hit, Anthony
Rizzo had a hit and drew two walks and Jason Heyward had a hit. Javier Baez drew a walk, Addison Russell had
a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Lackey had a hit. Rizzo hit a double and Russell hit a
homerun. The Cubs were 0-5 with runners
in scoring position and left five men on base.
Contreras had a passed ball.
In the second Cabrera hit a solo
homerun to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In
the third Bruce hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 3-0. In the fourth Cabrera hit his second solo
homerun to extend the lead to 4-0.
Russell hit a solo homerun in the seventh to cut the lead to 4-1. In the eighth d’Arnaud hit an RBI double to
make it 5-1 and Reyes hit an RBI single to make it a 6-1 game which would be
the final score.
The Mets and Cubs will play game
two on Tuesday night.
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