New York Mets @ Chicago Cubs

63-82, 30-41 Away

Final

79-66, 42-32 Home


NYM
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	10	1
2	0	0	3	0	1	4	7	-	17	16	0

J. Lester11-7

6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 5 K, 4 BB

M. Harvey5-5

3.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 4 BB

Mets Hitting

hitters
J. Reyes2B
N. AokiLF
A. Cabrera3B
bG. CecchiniPH
K. PlaweckiC
cT. NidoPH
J. LagaresCF
A. RosarioSS
T. TaijeronRF
M. Reynolds1B
C. BradfordP
K. McGowanP
aB. NimmoPH
J. RhameP
J. CallahanP
M. HarveyP
H. RoblesP
D. Smith1B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	2	1	1	1	1	.241	.312	.408
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.262	.326	.357
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.344	.424
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.189	.232	.245
1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.235	.329	.397
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.254	.302	.386
4	2	3	0	0	0	1	.273	.302	.438
3	1	2	0	0	1	1	.188	.297	.344
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.325	.293
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.279	.410	.405
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	1	1	2	1	0	1	.207	.252	.405
34	5	10	4	2	6	10

a-struck out looking for K Mcgowan in the 8th

b-struck out swinging for A Cabrera in the 9th

c-flied out to right for K Plawecki in the 9th

Batting
HRReyes (13, 1st inning off Lester 0 on, 0 Out); Smith (6, 8th inning off Grimm 1 on, 1 Out)
RBIReyes (50), Harvey (1), Smith 2 (18)
SHHarvey
GIDPReynolds
Team LOB9
Team RISP3-8 (Reynolds 0-1, Nimmo 0-1, Smith 1-1, Rosario 0-1, Taijeron 2-2, Lagares 0-2)

Baserunning
SBRosario (5, 2nd base off Lester/Contreras)
Picked OffTaijeron (2nd base by Contreras)

Fielding
ECabrera (16, ground ball)
AssistsLagares (Happ at 3rd base)

Cubs Hitting

hitters
B. Zobrist2B
K. Bryant3B
A. Rizzo1B
W. ContrerasC
M. FreemanPR
A. AlmoraCF
I. HappCF-LF
J. GrimmP
aJ. JayPH
F. PenaP
K. SchwarberLF
B. DuensingP
P. StropP
L. MartinLF
J. HeywardRF
J. BaezSS
J. LesterP
R. RiveraC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	4	2	0	0	3	0	.243	.333	.389
5	4	3	0	0	1	1	.289	.405	.529
2	1	0	2	0	4	0	.276	.394	.520
3	0	2	3	0	1	0	.276	.350	.517
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083
2	2	2	6	1	0	0	.290	.334	.426
4	0	0	2	0	1	2	.252	.327	.517
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.282	.372	.365
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.205	.315	.452
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400
4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.259	.321	.378
5	3	4	1	1	0	0	.274	.317	.489
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.163	.222	.286
2	2	2	2	0	0	0	.250	.302	.418
38	17	16	17	2	11	9

a-grounded to shortstop for J Grimm in the 8th

Batting
2BBryant (34, Bradford); Rivera 2 (8, Bradford, Rhame)
3BAlmora Jr. (1, Callahan)
HRBáez (22, 7th inning off Bradford 0 on, 0 Out); Almora Jr. (7, 7th inning off McGowan 2 on, 2 Out)
RBIContreras 3 (73), Happ 2 (58), Rizzo 2 (104), Báez (69), Almora Jr. 6 (41), Rivera 2 (32), Jay (27)
2Out RBIAlmora Jr. 3
SHLester 2
Team LOB10
Team RISP7-20 (Schwarber 0-4, Rivera 1-1, Jay 0-1, Zobrist 1-1, Almora Jr. 2-2, Bryant 1-3, Contreras 1-2, Rizzo 0-1, Happ 0-3, Heyward 1-2)

Fielding
DP1 (Báez-Zobrist-Rizzo)
PBRivera

Mets Pitching

pitchers
M. Harvey(L, 5-5)
H. Robles
C. Bradford
K. McGowan
J. Rhame
J. Callahan
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
3.1	7	5	5	4	2	0	86-54	6.14
1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	22-13	4.62
1.0	3	4	4	3	1	1	34-16	4.55
1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	16-11	5.40
0.1	3	5	5	2	1	0	19-8	14.73
0.2	1	2	2	1	1	0	13-9	8.10
8.0	16	17	17	11	9	2	190-111

Pitching
IBBRizzo (By Bradford)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedHarvey 10/20; Robles 5/7; Bradford 6/10; McGowan 2/4; Rhame 3/6; Callahan 3/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesHarvey 13-8-19-14; Robles 3-3-3-4; Bradford 4-4-2-6; McGowan 3-4-2-2; Rhame 2-2-1-3; Callahan 2-3-2-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsHarvey 4-3; Robles 1-2; Bradford 0-2; McGowan 0-1; Rhame 0-0; Callahan 1-0
Game ScoresM Harvey 24

Cubs Pitching

pitchers
J. Lester(W, 11-7)
B. Duensing
P. Strop(H, 19)
J. Grimm
F. Pena
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	6	2	2	4	5	1	114-66	4.30
0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	15-9	2.60
0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	12-7	3.15
1.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	29-17	6.06
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	5.54
9.0	10	5	5	6	10	2	179-105

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedLester 12/26; Duensing 3/4; Strop 1/2; Grimm 2/6; Peña 2/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesLester 17-8-24-17; Duensing 4-2-1-2; Strop 2-3-2-0; Grimm 8-4-1-4; Peña 1-2-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsLester 8-4; Duensing 0-1; Strop 0-0; Grimm 1-0; Peña 1-1
Game ScoresJ Lester 53

Scoring Summary

		NYM	CHC
1st	Reyes homered to left center (384 feet).	1	0
1st	Contreras grounded out to first, Zobrist scored, Bryant to third, Rizzo to second.	1	1
1st	Happ grounded out to second, Bryant scored, Rizzo to third.	1	2
2nd	Harvey sacrificed to catcher, Rosario scored, Taijeron to second.	2	2
4th	Rizzo walked, Báez scored, Zobrist to third, Bryant to second.	2	3
4th	Contreras singled to left, Zobrist and Bryant scored, Rizzo to second.	2	5
6th	Happ grounded into fielder's choice to third, Bryant scored, Rizzo safe at third on error by third baseman Cabrera, Freeman to second.	2	6
7th	Báez homered to left center (362 feet).	2	7
7th	Almora Jr. homered to center (381 feet), Rivera and Zobrist scored.	2	10
8th	Rosario scored, Taijeron to second on passed ball by Rivera.	3	10
8th	Smith homered to right center (425 feet), Taijeron scored.	5	10
8th	Rivera doubled to left, Heyward and Báez scored.	5	12
8th	Rizzo walked, Rivera scored, Zobrist to third, Bryant to second.	5	13
8th	Almora Jr. tripled to right, Zobrist, Bryant and Rizzo scored.	5	16
8th	Jay grounded out to shortstop, Almora Jr. scored.	5	17

Mets
3
Cubs
8

Game 1

13/9

Mets
5
Cubs
17

Game 2

14/9

Mets
6
Cubs
14

Game 3

15/9

Wrigley Field

1:05 AM, 14 September 2017

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 36,008

Game Time:3:42

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Kerwin Danley
First Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Second Base Umpire - Ryan Additon
Third Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	96	66	.593	-	W1
New York	83	79	.512	13	L1
Miami	79	83	.488	17	W1
Atlanta	76	86	.469	20	W1
Washington	66	96	.407	30	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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M. Harvey5-5

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