Mets On The Brink Of World Series

After the Mets won the first two games in New York the series shifted to Chicago before a fired up crowd at Wrigley Field.  The pitching matchup featured Jacob deGrom for the Mets while the Cubs countered with Kyle Hendricks.  The Mets wasted no time getting on the board.  David Wright got on base and Yoenis Cespedes drove him in with a base hit to left field to score Wright to go up 1-0.

The Cubs tied it in the bottom of the first when Kyle Schwarber homered to left-center and set the fans into a frenzy.  Daniel Murphy, who has been playing out of his mind, got a lot of boos from the crowd. As he stepped in the batter's box in the third inning, you guessed it, he homered to centerfield.  In the fourth the Cubs tied it back up on a Jorge Soler home run.  

In the sixth, a big momentum shift happened for the Mets.  After a ground rule double that saved the Cubs a run, Chicago had the momentum but not for long.  With Cespedes on third, Michael Conforto was at the plate.  Conforto struck out swinging but the ball went past the catcher, Cespedes scored and Conforto made it to first, 3-2 Mets.  

The Mets added two more runs in the seventh.  With Wright and Murphy on, Cespedes hit an RBI single and advanced to second.  Lucas Duda grounded out but Murphy scored and that was all the Mets needed.  5-2 was the final score and the Mets are now one win away from the World Series.  deGrom pitched seven innings with seven strikeouts earning himself the win while Jeurys Familia got the save.  Tonight's pitching matchup will feature Steven Matz for the Mets while the Cubs counter with Jason Hammel.