The New York Mets are defeated by the Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets on Thursday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-1.  Seth Lugo started for the Mets and he pitched well and the bullpen did not.  Brandon Nimmo had two hits to lead the offense which only had four hits. 

Lugo pitched four innings giving up three hits and no runs with no walks and three strikeouts.  Hansel Robles took his second loss of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout, Jerry Blevins pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Buddy Baumann pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with three walks and a strikeout.  Scott Copeland pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Gerson Bautista pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Jose Quintana won his sixth game of the season pitching six innings and giving up three hits and no runs with two walks and six strikeouts.  Steve Cishek pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Brian Duensing pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Pedro Strop pitched an inning with two walks.  Brandon Morrow pitched to one batter and retired him. 

Nimmo had two hits and an RBI, Asdrubal Cabrera drew a walk and Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk.  Jay Bruce had a hit and drew a walk, Lugo drew a walk and Nimmo hit a double and hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Conforto committed an error and Mesoraco had a passed ball. 

Ben Zobrist had three hits and two RBI, Jason Heyward had two hits and an RBI and Kris Bryant had two hits and drew a walk.  Anthony Rizzo had a hit, Wilson Contreras had an RBI and drew a walk and Javier Baez had a hit and drew a walk.  Kyle Schwarber had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Tommy La Stella had a hit and Albert Almora Jr. drew a walk.  Bryant, Baez and Zobrist each hit a double and Zobrist hit a homerun.  The Cubs were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Schwarber had an outfield assist. 

In the fifth Zobrist hit a two-run homerun to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead.  Schwarber hit an RBI single in the sixth to extend the lead to 3-0.  In the seventh Heyward hit an RBI ground out to push the lead to 4-0.  In the eighth Nimmo hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 4-1 and in the ninth Contreras hit a sac fly to make it a 5-1 game which was the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of their series on Friday night.