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New York Mets @ Chicago Cubs

2026-04-18 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 36189 · 51°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 16 mph, L To R · 2:31

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Mets 4–2. New York Mets opened the scoring in the 2nd — Mark Vientos homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Chicago Cubs took the lead in the 6th — Carson Kelly homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Ian Happ scores. Seiya Suzuki scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Carson Kelly homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Ian Happ scores. Seiya Suzuki scores — worth 33% in win probability.

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Line score

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

New York Mets — batting

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

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