In a back and forth affair that looked on the verge of disaster for both teams at various times, the Mets came out on top, defeating the Cubs 5-4 on a sunny afternoon in Chicago. The team looked like everything they haven’t been in the past few weeks: resilient and solid in their bullpen. It was a nice change of pace from what we’ve seen lately.
The Mets got on the board in the top of the second inning. Michael Conforto led off the inning with a walk off of Yu Darvish, and was moved over to third base on a J.