The New York Mets were defeated by the
Chicago Cubs on Sunday afternoon. The
game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was
2-0. Steven Matz started for the Mets
and he pitched well. The Mets offense
managed three hits.
Matz lost his fourth game of the
season pitching seven innings and giving up five hits and two runs with two
walks and seven strikeouts. Paul Sewald
pitched two innings with a walk and two strikeouts.
Jon Lester won his sixth game of
the season pitching seven innings and giving up two hits and three walks with
seven strikeouts. Randy Rosario pitched
2/3 of an inning with a walk, Steve Cishek pitched to one batter and struck him
out and Brian Duensing pitched an inning giving up a hit and he recorded his
first save of the season.
Brandon Nimmo drew two walks, Jose
Bautista drew a walk and Kevin Plawecki had a hit. Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk,
Amed Rosario had a hit and the Mets were 0-4 with runners in scoring position
and left seven men on base. Nimmo and
Bautista each had a stolen base. Matz
had a pickoff.
Albert Almora Jr. had a hit, Javier
Baez had a hit and Wilson Contreras had a hit.
Ian Happ drew two walks, Kyle Schwarber had a hit and drew a walk and
Addison Russell had a hit. Ben Zobrist
had an RBI, Russell hit a double and the Cubs were 1-6 with runners in scoring
position and left four men on base.
Baez, Contreras and Schwarber each had a stolen base and Happ was caught
stealing and picked off. Russell
committed an error.
In the seventh Baez stole home to
give the Cubs a 1-0 lead and Zobrist hit a sac fly to push the lead to 2-0 and
that would hold up as it was the final score.
The Mets were swept four straight
by the Chicago Cubs and will be off on Monday before opening a two- game series
with the Baltimore Orioles at home on Tuesday night.
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