New York Mets at Chicago Cubs

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New York Mets

82-77, 33-45 Away

Final
8 - 5

Chicago Cubs

89-70, 47-31 Home

Lindor homers to join 30-30 club as Mets beat Cubs 8-5 to remain in playoff position

New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

The Mets built a six-run lead and withstood a shaky outing by rookie Nolan McLean (5-1). They remained a game ahead of Cincinnati in the playoff race, with the Reds beating Pittsburgh 2-1.

Chicago’s Shota Imanaga (9-8) got tagged for a season-high eight runs in 5 2/3 innings. Seiya Suzuki homered twice and Dansby Swanson also connected for the Cubs, who have lost six of seven.

Chicago leads San Diego by two games with three to play for the top wild card and home-field advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. Those two teams will meet in Game 1 on Tuesday.

The Mets led 2-0 in the third when Lindor connected against Imanaga, sending a solo drive beyond the left-field bleachers to Waveland Avenue. That gave him 30 homers to go with 31 steals. The five-time All-Star had 31 homers and 31 steals for New York in 2023.

Though he struck out a personal-best 11, McLean gave up a season-high five runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. Edwin Díaz worked the ninth for his 28th save in 31 chances.

Suzuki hit a solo shot in the fourth and chased McLean with a three-run drive in the sixth.

Key moment Baty bumped the lead to 6-0 in the third with his three-run shot to left.

Key stat With Lindor and Juan Soto (43 homers, 36 steals), the Mets have two 30-30 players in a season for the second time. Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry did it in 1987.

Up next Mets: Rookie RHP Brandon Sproat (0-1, 3.94 ERA) makes his fourth start as the Mets visit Miami and RHP Sandy Alcantara (10-12, 5.48).

Cubs: Had not announced a starter for Friday's game against St. Louis and RHP Miles Mikolas (8-10, 4.76).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Swanson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Kelly out at second.
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Kelly singled to left.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Rogers
	9th Inning	J. Soto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lindor flied out to center.

Statistics

NYM		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	14
8	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	143
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	0
18	Total Bases	18
38	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
5.7	Runs Created	4.5
.278	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.545
.278	Secondary Average	.394
.316	On Base Percentage	.257
.816	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.803
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
52.0	Batter Rating	40.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.222	Isolated Power	.333
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.182
16.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
95.3	MLB Rating	84.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0