Mets Rally To Beat Cubs 9-7 After Overcoming Five-Run Deficit Powered By Alvarez Two-Run Homer

 

Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez (Photo Credits to David Banks-Imagn Jmages)

The New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 9-7 tonight at Wrigley Field to snap their two-game losing streak and improved their record to 81-76.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after SS Francisco Lindor led off with a homer.

The offense was held scoreless for the next three innings and then erupted for five runs in the top of the fifth.

LF Starling Marte led off with a single and two batters later, catcher Francisco Alvarez reached second an error by SS Dansby Swanson.

Lindor then drove in Marte with a RBI ground-out and RF Juan Soto followed with a walk.

1B Pete Alonso then drove in Alvarez with a RBI single and CF Brandon Nimmo followed with a game-tying three-run homer.

In the top of the sixth, 2B Jeff McNeil doubled with two outs and then Alvarez followed with a walk. Lindor came up next and delivered a RBI single.

In the top of the eighth, 3B Brett Baty led off with a single and was replaced by pinch-runner Luisangel Acuna.

Three batters later, Alvarez delivered the game-winning two-run homer .

LHP David Peterson got off to a tough start in the bottom of the first after he gave up a lead-off single, stolen base, walk and then another stolen base. 

Peterson was then let down by his defense after 1B Carlos Santana hit a fly ball to Soto but Soto went back and was unable to catch it which lead to two runs.

It all unraveled for Peterson in the bottom of the second after he gave three runs on a RBI single to 2B Nico Hoerner and then a two-run double to LF Ian Happ and was then taken out.

Peterson's final line was 1.1 innings, five hits, five runs, two walks and one strikeout.

RHP Huascar Brazoban followed and picked up last two outs in the bottom of the second and had a scoreless 1-2-3 bottom of the third.

Brazoban gave up an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth after McNeil made two errors.

RHP Ryne Stanek threw a scoreless bottom of the fifth.

LHP Gregory Soto came in next in the bottom of the sixth and retired the first two hitters he faced and then gave up a single to Hoerner and was then taken out.

RHP Trevor Rogers followed and walked Happ and gave up game-tying single to RF Seiya Suzuki. Rogers got the last out in the bottom of the sixth and retired the first two hitters he faced in the bottom of the seventh and gave up an infield hit to 3B Justin Turner and was then taken out.

LHP Brooks Raley came in next and struck out CF Pete Crow-Armstrong to end the inning.

RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the bottom of the eighth and had a dominating performance striking out five out of the last six hitters he faced including striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth.

Diaz had pinpoint control of his command of his fastball and slider.

He picked up his 27th save and lowered his ERA to 1.73.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 24 at the Cubs at 8:05 p.m.