Matt Shaw and Michael Busch homer as Cubs rout Mets 10-3
[September 25, 2025]
By MATT CARLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Shaw homered and had three hits,
Michael Busch also went deep and the Chicago Cubs ended a season-high
five-game losing streak with a 10-3 rout of the New York Mets on
Wednesday night.
Matthew Boyd (14-8) tossed two-hit ball over 5 1/3 innings to help
playoff-bound Chicago solidify its hold on the first National League
wild card, 2 1/2 games ahead of San Diego. The Cubs have four games
left, while the Padres have three. |
Chicago Cubs' Ian Happ, right, watches his two-RBI double during the
third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Wednesday,
Sept. 24, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) |
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Juan Soto hit his 43rd homer and Francisco Alvarez launched a
two-run drive, but the Mets were held to four hits. New York got
help elsewhere when Arizona and Cincinnati lost in extra
innings, keeping the Mets one game ahead of both in a scramble
for the final NL wild card.
Boyd retired 12 of the first 13 Mets batters and didn’t allow a
hit until Mark Vientos singled leading off the fifth. Daniel
Palencia, who returned Wednesday from the injured list, followed
Boyd and got the final two outs of the sixth.
Aaron Civale pitched three innings for his first career save.
The Cubs took control with a five-run rally in the third off
rookie Jonah Tong (2-3). The 22-year-old right-hander, making
his fifth start in the majors, was charged with five runs on
seven hits and two walks in two-plus innings.
Shaw homered leading off the fourth.
Alvarez connected in the fifth to cut it to 6-2. The Cubs
replied with two unearned runs in the bottom half, then Busch
hit a two-run drive in the sixth for his 31st homer of the
season.
Key moment
The first six Cubs hitters reached base in the third against
Tong before Richard Lovelady relieved. Ian Happ’s double with
the bases loaded drove in two runs. Moises Ballesteros, Seiya
Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong followed with RBIs.
Key stat
Vientos' low throw from third allowed Ballesteros to score in
the fifth and was the Mets' ninth errors in six games.
Crow-Armstrong then raced home from second on Clay Holmes' wild
pitch.
Up next
Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (4-1, 1.27 ERA) faces Cubs
LHP Shota Imanaga (9-7, 3.37) in the series finale Thursday
night.
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