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Chicago Cubs @ New York Mets

2015-07-02 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 27207 · 78°F · Wind 7 mph from RF · 2:41

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Mets 6–1. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 2nd — Jonathan Herrera out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Jacob deGrom to first baseman Lucas Duda. Chris Coghlan scores. Chris Denorfia to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Jonathan Herrera homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Mike Baxter scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	6	8
NYN	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Jake Arrieta L: Jacob deGrom SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Cory Blaser · 2B: Chris Guccione · 3B: Clint Fagan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Starlin Castro	5	1	2	0	0	0
Anthony Rizzo	4	1	1	1	1	1
Miguel Montero	5	1	2	2	0	1
Chris Coghlan	2	1	0	0	3	0
Mike Baxter	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Denorfia	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Herrera	2	1	1	3	1	0
Jake Arrieta	4	0	0	0	0	2
Addison Russell	4	0	0	0	0	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Curtis Granderson	4	0	1	1	1
Darrell Ceciliani	4	0	0	0	1
Daniel Murphy	4	0	1	0	0
Lucas Duda	3	0	0	0	2
Wilmer Flores	3	0	1	0	1
Eric Campbell	3	0	0	0	1
Johnny Monell	3	0	1	0	2
Jacob deGrom	2	1	1	0	0
Ruben Tejada	3	0	0	0	0
John Mayberry	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Arrieta	8.0	5	0	7
Travis Wood	1.0	0	0	1

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jacob deGrom	5.1	7	2	2
Logan Verrett	2.2	0	2	3
Alex Torres	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Starlin Castro: 3/F3D-
Anthony Rizzo: 43/G4
Miguel Montero: K

Bot 1

Curtis Granderson: K
Darrell Ceciliani: K
Daniel Murphy: S8/G4M
Lucas Duda: PO1(23)/MREV

Top 2

Chris Coghlan: W
Mike Baxter: 5/F56-
Chris Denorfia: S9/L4D.1-3
Jonathan Herrera: 13/SH/BG23.3-H;1-2
Jake Arrieta: K

Bot 2

Lucas Duda: 31/G34
Wilmer Flores: K
Eric Campbell: K

Top 3

Addison Russell: 9/F9LM
Starlin Castro: S7/L6+
Anthony Rizzo: 8/F78D
Miguel Montero: S9/G34.1-3
Chris Coghlan: W.1-2
Mike Baxter: 5/F56-

Bot 3

Johnny Monell: K
Jacob deGrom: D8/F78D+
Ruben Tejada: 63/G6-
Curtis Granderson: DGR/L9LD+.2-H
Darrell Ceciliani: 63/G6M

Top 4

Chris Denorfia: 4/F6MD-
Jonathan Herrera: 13/G15S-
Jake Arrieta: 53/G5

Bot 4

Daniel Murphy: 53/G56
Lucas Duda: HP
Wilmer Flores: 4/L4+
Eric Campbell: 4/L4D

Top 5

Addison Russell: 7/F78M
Starlin Castro: S5/G56.B-2(E5)
Anthony Rizzo: S7/F8LS-.2-H(UR)
Miguel Montero: 8/F8RXD+
Chris Coghlan: 9/F9M

Bot 5

Johnny Monell: S8/L6MD
Jacob deGrom: WP.1-2
Jacob deGrom: 1(B)6(2)/LDP
Ruben Tejada: 4/L4D-

Top 6

Mike Baxter: S8/G4M+
Chris Denorfia: 9/F9M
Jonathan Herrera: HR/F89D+.1-H
Jake Arrieta: 43/G4-
Addison Russell: K

Bot 6

Curtis Granderson: 4/L34
Darrell Ceciliani: 43/G4S-
Daniel Murphy: 43/G4

Top 7

Starlin Castro: 8/F8RXD+
Anthony Rizzo: K
Miguel Montero: 43/G34

Bot 7

Lucas Duda: K
Wilmer Flores: D7/L7LM+
Eric Campbell: 43/G4.2-3
Johnny Monell: K

Top 8

Chris Coghlan: W
Mike Baxter: 9/F9D+
Chris Denorfia: SB2
Chris Denorfia: 8/F8RXD+
Jonathan Herrera: IW
Jake Arrieta: K

Bot 8

John Mayberry: 63/G6+
Ruben Tejada: 9/F89M
Curtis Granderson: 3/G34

Top 9

Addison Russell: 9/L89D+
Starlin Castro: 43/G4
Anthony Rizzo: W
Miguel Montero: HR/F9D+.1-H
Chris Coghlan: 43/G4-

Bot 9

Darrell Ceciliani: 13/G15-
Daniel Murphy: 7/F7S
Lucas Duda: K

Notes & reviews

replay,1,dudal001,NYN,diazl901,NYC20,,Y,M,CHN,A $when Daniel Murphy was called safe on a pickoff attempt at 1B, Cubs manager Joe Maddon challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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