The New York Mets finished a four games sweep of the struggling Chicago Cubs at Citi Field with a final score of 14-3. The Mets poured it on the Cubs early on and rode some great pitching by young flamethrower Noah Syndergaard.
Jeimer Candelario made his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs starting at third base and struck out on three pitches in his first two at bats but in the seventh inning he collected his first major league hit with a single off of Syndergaard.
The day got off to a good start for the Cubs in the first inning Jason Heyward doubled with one out and Rizzo eventually drove him in with an RBI single. But in the bottom of the frame Curtis Granderson, with a lifetime .223/.296/.397 line against lefties tied the game at one with a home run off of Jon Lester right after a pitch that should've been a called strike three.
The game quickly fell apart for the Cubs as Wilmer Flores led off the second with a home run for the Mets, his first of a remarkable six hits in the game. Rene Rivera hit a home run to make it 4-1, then Granderson, Yoenis Cespedes, Neil Walker, and Wilmer Flores hit four straight RBI singles to make it 8-1 finally knocking Lester out of the game.
The Cubs bullpen struggled today with Spencer Patton (3 ER) and Joel Peralta (2 ER) both allowing the Mets to pour it on and bottom of the seventh with two outs Cubs manager Joe Maddon put in catcher Miguel Montero to pitch and he threw an inning and a third giving up one run on four hits.
Wilson Contreras led off the ninth with his fourth home run of the year off of Logan Verrett and Javier Baez later scored on a wild pitch to conclude the scoring.
The game wasn't necessarily all negatives for the Cubs as Javier Baez had a good 3-4 game with a double but was picked off on a play that should've been called a balk, Albert Almora Jr went 2-2 and Addison Russell went 2-3.
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