NEW YORK – That aura of invincibility around Jake Arrieta should be gone now, the Cubs no longer feeling quite so unbeatable. The New York Mets ended that fantasy, leaving this dream season only two losses away from being over.
The Cubs walked off Citi Field after Sunday night’s 4-1 loss, down 0-2 in a National League Championship Series that began with great expectations and now shifts to Wrigley Field with the Mets looking like the team of destiny.
Any momentum the Cubs hoped to create simply vanished in the first inning, with David Wright lifting an RBI double over the head of Dexter Fowler and onto the warning track in center field.