New York Mets at Chicago Cubs

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New York Mets

7-14, 4-8 Away

Final
2 - 4

Chicago Cubs

11-9, 6-5 Home

Kelly homers as the Cubs hand the Mets their 10th straight loss with a 4-2 victory

Cubs send Mets to their 10th-straight loss

Ian Happ also homered for Chicago in its fourth consecutive win. Jameson Taillon (1-1) pitched six crisp innings.

It's the longest losing streak for New York since it dropped 11 in a row from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8 in 2004. It has been outscored 60-18 during the slide.

The game was tied at 1 when Mets right-hander Freddy Peralta (1-2) issued two consecutive walks with two down in the sixth. Peralta then was replaced by left-hander Brooks Raley, and Kelly was sent up to hit for Moisés Ballesteros, a rookie who bats from the left side.

Kelly drove Raley's first pitch into the bleachers in left-center for his second homer of the season, sending a charge through the crowd of 36,189. It was Kelly's second career pinch-hit drive.

It also was the first homer allowed by Raley since Aug. 13, 2023, stopping a streak of 53 2/3 innings.

Mark Vientos homered for New York. Francisco Lindor and Luis Robert Jr. each had two hits.

The Mets scored an unearned run on second baseman Nico Hoerner's throwing error in the eighth, but Ben Brown escaped the jam when Vientos grounded out.

Caleb Thielbar handled the ninth for his first save of the season. Daniel Palencia, Chicago's usual closer, was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday with a left oblique strain.

New York jumped in front on Vientos' 434-foot drive to left-center in the second. He went 1 for 25 with eight strikeouts and no walks in his previous eight games.

Happ responded with a leadoff shot in the bottom half, a 431-foot drive to center. Happ also went deep during Chicago's 12-4 victory in the series opener.

Up next Tobias Myers (0-1, 3.46 ERA) starts the series finale for New York, and fellow right-hander Javier Assad (1-1, 8.10 ERA) pitches for Chicago on Sunday. David Peterson had been slated to start for the Mets, and the team did not immediately announce a reason for the change.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Taylor flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Taylor hit for Benge
	9th Inning	Semien struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pham struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Thielbar relieved Brown
	9th Inning	Pham hit for Baty

Statistics

NYM		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	11
37	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.8	Runs Created	3.0
.212	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.393
.212	Secondary Average	.321
.297	On Base Percentage	.281
.631	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.674
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
18.0	Batter Rating	27.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.121	Isolated Power	.214
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
3.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.5	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
72.5	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0