Mets Lost to Cubs 4-3 in 10 innings due to lack of timely hitting

Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (Credits to Newsday.com) The New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs 4-3 tonight at Wrigley Field in Chicago to get swept in the three game series and dropped their record back to .500 at 7-7. LHP Joey Luchessi started out well with two scoreless innings, but it all fell apart for him in the bottom of the third. Luchessi gave up a walk to former Met CF Jake Marisnick with one out and then walked Cubs pitcher RHP Trevor Williams. He got LF Ian Happ to fly out for the second out, but then he gave up a RBI single to catcher Wilson Contreas that went off of his leg. Luchessi then gave up a two run double to 3B Kris Byrant to tie the game, but was able to retire 1B Anthony Rizzo on a grounder to keep the game tied and was taken out after the inning. His final line was 3 innings, 2 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. RHP Sean Reid-Foley came in next in the bottom of the first for his Met debut after the former Blue Jay was called up today and had a solid inning with a strikeout and two groundouts on 10 pitches. Reid-Foley stayed in for the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings and retired the side in both innings with three more strikeouts. He threw three scoreless innings with four strikeouts and no walks with a fastball at 93-94 mph with a slider and change-up. RHP Trevor May followed in the bottom of the seventh and worked around a lead-off pop-up single for SS Javier Baer and was able to get 3B Matt Duffy to ground into a double play and struck out 2B David Bote to end the inning. LHP Aaron Loup came in the bottom of the eighth and gave up a lead-off triple to Marisnick, but recoverd to strike out pinch-hitter Austin Romine and Happ. Loup was taken out for RHP Miguel Castro and Castro struck out Contreas to end the inning. RHP Edwin Diaz came in next in the bottom of the ninth and gave up a lead-off single to 3B Kris Bryant, but then struck out Rizzo and Baez. Catcher James McCann threw out Bryant trying to steal second for a caught stealing to end the inning. Diaz stayed in for the bottom of the tenth and hit Dufy leading off the inning and after a sacrifice bunt by Bonte, he gave up a walk-off single to pinch-hiiter Jason Heyward. The offense was held scoreless for the first three innings until the top of the fourth after LF Dom Smith led off with a double and 1B Pete Alonso followed with a two-run homer. The bats went quiet after that until the top of the seventh after 2B Jonathan Villar led off with a hit-by-pitch and two batters later, pinch-hitter J.D. Davis hit a RBI double which scored Villar from first. After a quiet next few innings, in the top of the tenth CF Kevin Pillar went to third on a wild pitch after he was on second to start the inning due to the extra inning rule. 2B Jeff McNeil struck out, but 3B Luis Guillorme and SS Fracisco Lindor walked to load the bases and bring up LF Dom Smith. Smith wasn't able to come through and grounded into a double play to end the inning. They went 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left 7 men on base. The Mets next game is tomorrow night back at home against the Washington Nationals at 7:10 p.m.