August 18th 2014 -- Cubs 4, Mets 1

Monday afternoon at Citi Field,  Anthony Rizzo broke a 1 all tie in the top of the 8^th inning with this 28^th homer, the Cubs go on to beat the Mets 4-1. Carlos Torres got the emergency start for the Mets. Bartolo Colon was scratched from his start so he could be with his ailing Mother. Torres rose to the occasion and pitched 5 scoreless innings in the spot start. The Mets took a 1-0  lead off the Cubs when Lucas Duda connected off Kyle Hendricks for a solo homer in the bottom of the 4^th, his 22^nd on the year.  The Cubs tied the game in the 6^th when Luis Valbuena hit an RBI single scoring Rizzo off Dana Eveland.  In the 8^th Rizzo hit a solo shot off Buddy Carlyle to gain the lead. In the top of the ninth, Rookie Javier Baez hit a long 2 run homer  (5) off Jenrry Mejia to put the game out of reach.  The Mets only amassed 4 hits once again and become the first team in 10 years to go 5 straight games with 4 hits or less (The last team to do that was the 1994 Mets) Daniel Murphy had a ninth inning double, Matt den Dekker and Curtis Granderson got the other hits.  Torres went 5 allowing just 3 hits walking 2 and striking out 6. Carlyle takes the loss falling to 1-1.  Hendricks improves to 5-1 with the win and Hector Rondon notched his 18^th save in the 9^th.  The Mets split the four game series with the Cubs. They fall to 30-32 at home on the season and 59-67 overall.  Tuesday night the Mets are back in action in Oakland as they start a 2 game set with the A’s. Dillon Gee  (4-5  3.69) goes for the Mets. Scott Kazmir (13-5  2.78) goes for the A’s.