CHICAGO — It felt just like the Mets may do no unsuitable for 5 video games.
Then out of the blue, all of it went unsuitable in Chicago and the Mets’ profitable streak got here to an finish. The comeback children from final week couldn’t overcome an early 4-1 gap and misplaced 7-2 within the first recreation of a three-game collection on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.
Tylor Megill had two simple innings and 1 and a couple of/3 tough ones within the loss (5-3). He allowed 4 runs within the second nevertheless it was a flukey fourth that will have price the Mets (25-24) and Megill essentially the most.
Megill allowed six runs (4 earned) on six hits, walked two and struck out 5 over 3 and a couple of/3 innings.
“He probably deserved a little better fate,” mentioned supervisor Buck Showalter. “The mistakes he made didn’t stay in the park, but I thought his stuff was pretty good. We didn’t do a whole lot offensively and didn’t play particularly well behind him either.”
Both of the runs allowed by Megill within the fourth have been unearned, however after a bobbled ball in left subject by Tommy Pham, an overturned name on second base and a few two-out singles, the Mets have been down 6-1 and Megill was pulled for Dominic Leone after 78 pitches.
Down 4-1 coming into the inning, Mike Tauchman lined one to Pham in left subject, however the ball fell out of Pham’s glove and he didn’t make a circus-like play to get the runner out. Tauchman slid safely into second. Megill was almost out of the inning after hanging out Patrick Wisdom and Yan Gomes, nevertheless it unraveled from there.
Matt Mervis singled to proper subject and Tauchman scored. He was referred to as out at second with Starling Marte making a clutch play to Francisco Lindor, however the Cubs challenged the decision, and it was overturned. Nico Hoerner then hit one proper to the sting of the grime between second and third base and Lindor made a improbable cease, however his throw to first pulled Pete Alonso off the bag to place runners on the corners.
“Things like that happen and they happen fast,” Megill mentioned. “I just need to be able to cut that down and be able to get out of it.”
Dansby Swanson’s opposite-field single to proper scored Mervis, put the Cubs (21-26) up 6-1, and ended Megill’s day. The pitch clock now not permits pitchers to take breaks and reset and with out one, Megill started to labor.
“That’s the biggest thing I need to work on, is that when things go sideways, I need to limit the damage and move on and be able to extend myself and keep it there,” Megill mentioned.
Megill gave up 4 earned within the second inning, together with a leadoff dwelling run to Seiya Suzuki.
“When I do have bad outings, they tend to be blowup outings,” Megill mentioned. “I might have, tonight, thrown six innings, continued after that four runs and stopped the damage. But that doesn’t happen. It kind of just blows up in my face and it doesn’t stop.”
Rookie slugger Christopher Morel grew to become the primary Cubs hitter since Sammy Sosa to homer in 5 straight when he took Stephen Nogosek deep on the second pitch he noticed within the seventh. It was his ninth dwelling run since being referred to as up from Triple-A Iowa on May 9 and it gave Chicago a 7-2 lead.
Alonso hit his 18th dwelling run of the season off Drew Smyly (5-1) within the prime of the fourth inning. The prime of the Mets’ order loaded the bases with no outs within the prime of the sixth to carry up Alonso once more.
There could be no theatrics this time.
Smyly was changed by right-hander Jeremiah Estrada, who obtained Alonso to cut one to 3rd base. Brandon Nimmo scored on the power out and the Mets then pinch-hit Daniel Vogelbach towards the right-handed Estrada. But the slugger got here up empty, and so did Marte, who stranded two to finish the inning.
Jeff McNeil stranded two extra within the prime of the seventh. The Mets went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring place and stranded six runners.
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