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New York Mets @ Chicago Cubs

2026-04-17 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 34282 · 68°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 15 mph, Out To LF · 2:35

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Mets 12–4. Chicago Cubs opened the scoring in the 1st — Seiya Suzuki singles on a line drive to right fielder Carson Benge. Michael Busch scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Moisés Ballesteros homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Alex Bregman scores. Seiya Suzuki scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	14	2
CHN	4	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	12	14

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Benge RF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Pham PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bo Bichette 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1
Francisco Lindor SS	4	1	2	0	0	0
Luis Robert CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Francisco Alvarez C	3	1	2	1	1	0
MJ Melendez DH	3	1	2	0	1	1
Marcus Semien 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1
Mark Vientos 1B	2	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Baty 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tyrone Taylor LF	3	0	2	2	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nico Hoerner 2B	5	1	3	2	0	0
Michael Busch 1B	4	2	2	0	1	1
Alex Bregman 3B	5	1	1	0	0	1
Ian Happ LF	4	1	1	2	1	1
Seiya Suzuki RF	5	2	2	1	0	1
Moisés Ballesteros DH	2	1	2	3	0	0
Matt Shaw DH	3	1	1	1	0	1
Carson Kelly C	4	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dansby Swanson SS	2	2	1	1	1	0