Carlos Carrasco allowed one run in a season-high 6 2/3 innings, Pete Alonso belted his major-league-leading nineteenth homer and the visiting New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 10-1 on Thursday to avert a three-game sweep
Making his second begin since lacking greater than a month with elbow irritation, Carrasco (1-2) delivered the perfect of his 5 2023 outings. The proper-hander yielded Dansby Swanson’s first-inning solo homer, 4 different hits and struck out 4 whereas strolling two.
New York’s Jeff McNeil had three hits and scored for the third time on Alonso’s two-run, insurance coverage homer within the seventh. Alonso has eight lengthy balls in 14 profession video games at Wrigley Area.
Brandon Nimmo added a two-run triple in the course of the Mets‘ three-run eighth for one in all his two hits. Brett Baty and Starling Marte (two hits) every had two RBIs as New York broke out after totaling 4 runs within the first two of the set
Again from a shoulder damage and on a significant league mound for the primary time since July 5, Chicago’s Kyle Hendricks (0-1) had his moments of success Thursday, like retiring seven straight Mets at one level. Nevertheless, he was charged with 5 runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks whereas placing out 5 in 4 1/3 innings
Hendricks bought in rapid hassle when Nimmo opened the sport with a single earlier than McNeil and Alonso every drew one-out walks. Nevertheless, the Mets solely mustered a run within the first on Baty’s sacrifice fly
Chicago wasted no time night the competition when Swanson took a Carrasco pitch into the left area bleachers with one out within the backside of the primary.
Within the third, Hendricks allowed 4 consecutive singles with two outs — with a kind of runners scoring on Baty’s hit and two coming residence courtesy of Marte for a 4-1 New York lead.
The Mets added a run within the fifth on Cubs catcher Yan Gomes’ throwing error
Seiya Suzuki had two of Chicago’s six hits.
–Area Degree Media