So far this year, the Mets have been one of the most reliant teams on the home run across baseball. This has played out even more in recent days, as three of the Mets’ four runs on Sunday and their only run on Monday were all via the home run. When the Mets are slugging, they win. And tonight, one big slug from DJ Stewart was the keynote shot that they needed to beat the Cubs by a score of 4-2.
Coming off back-to-back games where the Mets starter went eight innings, Sean Manaea was not so efficient tonight.