New York Mets fall to the Chicago Cubs

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois and the final score was 3-1.  Taijuan Walker started for the Mets and he pitched ok but he was wild.  The bullpen pitched great and Dom Smith and J.D. Davis led the offense with a couple of hits each. 

Walker pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked six and struck out seven.  Walker took his first loss of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched to one batter and struck him out, Jacob Barnes pitched two innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.  Trevor May pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Jake Arrieta won his third game of the season pitching five innings and giving up three hits and a run with three walks and four strikeouts.  Rex Brothers pitched an inning with two strikeouts, Brandon Workman pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Andrew Chafin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit.  Craig Kimbrel saved his fourth game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and two walks.  He also struck out two batters. 

Francisco Lindor drew a walk, Smith had two hits and Michael Conforto drew a walk.  Jeff McNeil drew a walk.  Davis had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, James McCann drew a walk and Jonathan Villar had a hit.  Luis Guillorme had a hit, Davis hit a homerun and the Mets were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  Davis committed two errors. 

Ian Happ drew two walks, Willson Contreras had an RBI and drew a walk and Anthony Rizzo drew a walk.  Kris Bryant had a hit, Jason Heyward had a hit and Eric Sogard had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Arrietta drew a walk and the Cubs were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Heyward had a stolen base. 

In the bottom of the third Contreras reached on an error and a run scored to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead.  In the bottom of the fourth Sogard hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  Contreras drew an RBI walk and it was 3-0 Cubs.  In the fifth Davis hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 3-1 and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two of three on Wednesday night.