John From Albany: 10 Years Ago - Cubs Sweep Mets in 4 Game Series, 5/14/2015

 

Jonathan Niese, 2015 Topps Heritage Card

2015, the last year the Mets made the World Series.  This daily post will detail the game by game journey to the Fall Classic.  Click here for More Mets History and Calendar Classics.

Year: 2015; Game #35; Thursday;  May 14, NYM 5 @ CHC 6; boxscore;   WP: Strop; LP: Niese; Save: Rondon; Time: 02:49; DAY; Attendance: 31,496; Record: 20-15; Standings: 1; Games up/behind: up 1.5; L;

Curtis Granderson CF  2 for 5; SB; Dilson Herrera 2B  1 for 5; 1 run; 3 Ks; Lucas Duda 1B  2 for 4; 2B; 1 run; 2 Ks; Michael Cuddyer LF  0 for 4; 1 K; John Mayberry RF  1 for 4; 2 RBIs; 1 K; Wilmer Flores SS  1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; Anthony Recker C  2 for 4; 2·HR; 2 runs; 2 RBIs; 2 Ks; Rubén Tejada 3B  0 for 2; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Daniel Murphy PH  1 for 1; Jon Niese P  0 for 3; 3 Ks; Johnny Monell C  0 for 1; Jon Niese, L (3-3)  6.1 innings; 6 runs; 4 ERs; 6 hits; 1 HR; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Hansel Robles  0.2 inning; no runs; Jack Leathersich  0 inning; no runs; 1 walk; Erik Goeddel  1 inning; no runs; 1 K; 

Mets struggles against the Cubs continue during the 2015 regular season.

Mike Puma NY Post: Mets dealt embarrassing four-game sweep at Wrigley Field. "The Mets (20-15) finally had a solid game offensively, hitting three home runs, but it wasn’t enough to let them escape getting swept four games by the Cubs for the first time since 1992...Anthony Recker’s two homers against Travis Wood were overshadowed by his passed ball in the seventh inning that let Dexter Fowler score the go-ahead run...Jon Niese (3-3) put two runners aboard in the inning before Hansel Robles entered and got the second out. But with Kris Bryant at the plate, Recker couldn’t handle a Robles slider."

Despite he loss, the Mets kept their 1.5 lead over the Nationals as they lost 8-3 to the Padres.

NL East Standings 5/14/2015

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	RS	RA	W-L%
NYM	20	15	.571	--	130	113	.564
WSN	19	17	.528	1.5	170	163	.519
MIA	16	19	.457	4.0	145	143	.506
ATL	15	19	.441	4.5	143	156	.460
PHI	13	23	.361	7.5	103	166	.295

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/14/2015.