New York Mets at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

81-77, 32-45 Away

Final
3 - 10

Chicago Cubs

89-69, 47-30 Home

Matt Shaw and Michael Busch homer as Cubs rout Mets 10-3

New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Matthew Boyd (14-8) tossed two-hit ball over 5 1/3 innings to help playoff-bound Chicago solidify its hold on the first National League wild card, 2 1/2 games ahead of San Diego. The Cubs have four games left, while the Padres have three.

Juan Soto hit his 43rd homer and Francisco Alvarez launched a two-run drive, but the Mets were held to four hits. New York got help elsewhere when Arizona and Cincinnati lost in extra innings, keeping the Mets one game ahead of both in a scramble for the final NL wild card.

Boyd retired 12 of the first 13 Mets batters and didn’t allow a hit until Mark Vientos singled leading off the fifth. Daniel Palencia, who returned Wednesday from the injured list, followed Boyd and got the final two outs of the sixth.

Aaron Civale pitched three innings for his first career save.

The Cubs took control with a five-run rally in the third off rookie Jonah Tong (2-3). The 22-year-old right-hander, making his fifth start in the majors, was charged with five runs on seven hits and two walks in two-plus innings.

Shaw homered leading off the fourth.

Alvarez connected in the fifth to cut it to 6-2. The Cubs replied with two unearned runs in the bottom half, then Busch hit a two-run drive in the sixth for his 31st homer of the season.

Key moment The first six Cubs hitters reached base in the third against Tong before Richard Lovelady relieved. Ian Happ’s double with the bases loaded drove in two runs. Moises Ballesteros, Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong followed with RBI.

Key stat Vientos' low throw from third allowed Ballesteros to score in the fifth and was the Mets' ninth errors in six games. Crow-Armstrong then raced home from second on Clay Holmes' wild pitch.

Up next Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (4-1, 1.27 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (9-7, 3.37) in the series finale Thursday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Nimmo grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Vientos grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Marte grounded out to third.
	8th Inning	Hoerner grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Swanson out at second.
	8th Inning	Busch flied out to left.
	8th Inning	Shaw struck out looking.

Statistics

NYM		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	15
7	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	10
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	20
33	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
1.7	Runs Created	7.6
.129	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.323	Slugging Percentage	.588
.226	Secondary Average	.382
.182	On Base Percentage	.368
.504	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.957
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.5
22.0	Batter Rating	60.0
15.5	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.12	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.194	Isolated Power	.265
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.059
6.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.0	MLB Rating	102.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0