Wilmer Flores homered twice and joined Edgardo Alfonzo as the only Mets players to go 6-for-6 in a game, with two of his half-dozen coming during Mets' seven-run second-inning rally off Jon Lester. In the shortest outing of his career, the Cubs left-hander gave up eight runs over 1 1/3 innings, while Mets starter Noah Syndergaard allowed one run in seven.

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