The Cubs headed to New York with 32 games remaining on the schedule and needed to start racking up road wins to make the playoffs, let alone win the division. Yu Darvish was on the mound after a rough outing against the Giants last time out and things didn’t start out so well.
Darvish danced around hard contact throughout the first three innings before surrendering a leadoff blast to Mets Rookie of the Year candidate Pete Alonso in the 4th. The Cubs answered right back in the top of the 5th when Victor Caratini smacked a leadoff double and went along for the ride on Addison Russell’s two-run homer to center.