Cole Hamels vs. Jacob deGrom. A rejuvenated pitcher who’d been lights-out all August against a top Cy Young candidate.
That alone would have been enough to make Wednesday night’s game must-see TV, but there was the added “attraction” of watching weather radars for a massive thunderstorm that had been bearing down on the Chicago area all night, and anticipated to hit the North Side around Wrigley Field right around 10 p.m. Would the Cubs and Mets complete their game before the rains hit?
Thanks in large part to the solid pitching of Hamels, deGrom and several Cubs relievers, they didn’t.