Mets undone by misses opportunities in loss to Cubs

One tin constituent to nan bottommost of nan third, erstwhile nan Mets had 2 connected and 1 retired pinch nan apical of nan lineup coming up earlier Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto came up empty.

Or surely nan bottommost of nan seventh, erstwhile they had runners connected first and 2nd pinch 1 retired again, only to person Soto and Pete Alonso autumn short.

In nan ninth, Jeff McNeil conscionable missed a pinch deed double to unfastened nan inning, but drew a locomotion earlier Lindor grounded into a double play.

Soto past grounded retired to extremity a 6-5 nonaccomplishment to nan Cubs.

On this night, nan Mets sewage a brace of homers from Brett Baty, including 1 successful nan eighth that sewage them backmost to wrong a tally aft Max Kranick allowed 2 runs successful nan apical of nan inning.

It was a reliable nighttime for respective Mets, arsenic Tylor Megill was knocked astir again.

The right-hander had a 1.09 ERA done his first 4 starts, but he has allowed 8 runs successful 9 ²/₃ innings complete his past 2 outings — and didn’t make it retired of nan 5th connected Saturday.

Megill struggled from nan start, arsenic nan first 3 batters he faced reached base.

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Former Mets imaginable Pete Crow-Armstrong led disconnected pinch a single, swiped 2nd and moved to 3rd connected a Francisco Alvarez throwing error. He scored connected Seiya Suzuki’s RBI azygous up nan mediate for nan game’s first run.

A two-out locomotion to Justin Turner loaded nan bases earlier Megill sewage Nico Horner to popular out, but Baty couldn’t grip Dansby Swanson’s difficult liner to third, and nan infield deed made it 2-0 successful nan 29-pitch inning.

Megill entered nan crippled having not allowed an earned tally successful his first 3 starts astatine location this twelvemonth complete 14 ²/₃ innings.

After an easy second, Megill allowed a leadoff double successful nan 3rd to Suzuki, who scored connected Michael Busch’s azygous to put nan Mets successful a 3-0 hole.

The Mets threatened for nan first clip against Horton successful nan bottommost of nan inning, arsenic Alvarez was drilled by a transportation and Tyrone Taylor reached connected a catcher’s interference.

But Lindor flied out, and Soto grounded to second.

Things sewage worse for Megill and nan Mets successful nan 4th erstwhile Swanson led disconnected pinch a homer to left-center.

Alonso sewage nan Mets’ first deed starring disconnected nan bottommost of nan 4th disconnected Horton. Mark Vientos added different difficult azygous pinch 1 out.

With Luisangel Acuña astatine nan plate, some runners precocious connected a chaotic pitch, but Acuña struck out.

Baty, though, drilled a slider from Horton for a three-run homer. It was nan 2nd consecutive crippled pinch a homer for Baty.

Lindor was astatine 2nd pinch 2 outs successful nan 5th erstwhile Alonso drilled a liner correct astatine 3rd baseman Jon Berti to extremity nan inning.

Baty astir came done again successful nan sixth. With Brandon Nimmo astatine 2nd and 2 out, Baty ripped 1 to left, caught by Suzuki.

The Mets squandered yet different chance successful nan seventh, this clip pinch their astir vulnerable hitters astatine nan plate.

Taylor singled and Lindor walked pinch 1 retired against right-hander Daniel Palencia, only for Soto to spell down connected a foul extremity strikeout connected a 3-2 slider and Alonso to crushed into a force-out to support it a one-run game.

But Kranick loaded nan bases successful nan eighth and past allowed a two-run azygous to Miguel Amaya. It was nan 4th consecutive outing successful which Kranick has been scored upon.