WATCH: Game highlights of Cubs' 6-5 win over Mets |
Tony Crumpton
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- 19 hours ago
Check out highlights of Chicago Cubs' 6-5 win over the New York Mets on Saturday night:
Video summary/cliff notes:
(00:02–01:06): Cubs start hot; Pete Crow-Armstrong steals third after a throwing error, and Seiya Suzuki drives in the first run. Cubs go up 2–0 early after a Swanson RBI single.
(02:06): Cubs pitching prospect Cade Horton makes his MLB debut, striking out Brandon Nimmo for his first career K and pitching a 1-2-3 inning.
(02:58–03:21): Michael Busch adds to the Cubs' lead with an RBI single; Cubs up 3–0.
(04:22–04:41): Horton faces his first big-league jam with runners on but escapes unscathed, retiring Lindor and Soto to preserve the lead.
(05:03): Dansby Swanson homers to left center—his 4th in 11 games—making it 4–0 Cubs.
(05:43): Brett Baty hits a 3-run homer to put the Mets right back in it, narrowing the score to 4–3.
(07:18): With runners on and Juan Soto at the plate, Palencia strikes him out and induces a groundout from Alonso to escape the jam.
(07:40): Cubs load the bases and Miguel Amaya delivers a clutch 2-run single, extending the lead to 6–3.
(08:02): Baty homers again, his second of the night, driving in all 5 Mets runs and cutting the Cubs lead to 6–5.
(08:47): Cubs close it out with a game-ending double play, snapping a 3-game losing streak and evening the series.
