Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
NYM 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 3
CHC 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 10 11 0 4

Box Score

CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 4 2 2 2 1 0 .256
2B Hoerner 4 1 1 0 1 0 .301
LF Happ 4 1 1 2 0 1 .241
DH Ballesteros 3 2 2 1 1 1 .286
RF Suzuki 4 0 1 1 0 0 .242
C Kelly, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .249
C McGuire 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
CF Crow-Armstrong 3 1 0 1 0 0 .244
SS Swanson 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245
3B Shaw 4 3 3 1 0 1 .230
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Boyd 5.1 2 2 2 1 3 86-59 3.21
Palencia, D 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 10-7 2.96
Civale 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 40-28 4.85
NYM AB R H RBI BB SO BA
SS Lindor 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267
RF Soto, J 4 1 1 1 0 0 .267
1B Alonso 4 0 0 0 0 2 .271
DH Marte, S 4 0 0 0 0 1 .274
3B Vientos 4 1 1 0 0 2 .235
LF Nimmo 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261
C Alvarez, F 2 1 1 2 1 1 .260
2B McNeil 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247
CF Taylor, T 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216
NYM IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Tong 2.0 7 5 5 2 1 56-38 7.71
Lovelady 2.0 1 2 1 1 2 31-19 8.49
Holmes, C 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 14-11 3.66
Manaea 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 16-11 5.80
Helsley 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 24-17 4.58

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B3 Ian Happ doubles (31) on a ground ball to right fielder Juan Soto. Matt Shaw scores. Michael Busch scores. Nico Hoerner to 3rd. 2-0
B3 Moisés Ballesteros singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brandon Nimmo. Nico Hoerner scores. Ian Happ to 3rd. 3-0
B3 Seiya Suzuki doubles (31) on a ground ball to left fielder Brandon Nimmo. Ian Happ scores. Moisés Ballesteros to 3rd. 4-0
B3 Pete Crow-Armstrong out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Juan Soto. Moisés Ballesteros scores. Seiya Suzuki to 3rd. 5-0
B4 Matt Shaw homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. 6-0
T5 Francisco Alvarez homers (11) on a fly ball to left field. Mark Vientos scores. 6-2
B5 Pete Crow-Armstrong reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Mark Vientos. Moisés Ballesteros scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong to 2nd. 7-2
B5 Dansby Swanson grounds out, second baseman Jeff McNeil to first baseman Pete Alonso. 8-2
B6 Michael Busch homers (31) on a fly ball to right center field. Matt Shaw scores. 10-2
T8 Juan Soto homers (43) on a fly ball to center field. 10-3

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Mets at Cubs – September 24, 2025 0:06
Bullpen availability for New York, September 24 vs Cubs 0:08
Bullpen availability for Chicago, September 24 vs Mets 0:08
Fielding alignment for New York, September 24 vs Cubs 0:11
Bench availability for New York, September 24 vs Cubs 0:08
Bench availability for Chicago, September 24 vs Mets 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, September 24 vs Mets 0:11
Starting lineups for Mets at Cubs – September 24, 2025 0:10
Breaking down Jonah Tong's pitches 0:04
The distance behind Matt Shaw's home run 0:11
Visualizing Matt Shaw's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
The distance behind Francisco Alvarez's home run 0:13
Visualizing Francisco Alvarez's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
Breaking down Matthew Boyd's pitches 0:04
Matthew Boyd's outing against the Mets 0:24
Breaking down Michael Busch's home run 0:12
Breaking down Juan Soto's home run 0:13

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Boyd (14-8, 3.21 ERA) Tong (2-3, 7.71 ERA) Civale (1 SV, 4.85 ERA)

Game ended at 9:50 PM.

35 comments

  5. A much-needed laugher after that scarring loss yesterday.

    One of those games where seemingly everyone chipped in.

  15. A nice stress free win after last night’s collapse was exactly what the doctor ordered. With the Padres loss today, we clinch home field in the wild card round with either two wins or a win and another Padres loss. Should be doable.

  16. The offense has finally scored some runs the last 2 games. Nice bounce back outing from Boyd and good to see Palencia back

  18. Great win…BIG win to make it 2.5 games up. Let’s win tomorrow and hope to clinch the top spot

  19. The ESPN broadcast just has to be better, man. Watch Ken Burns’ Baseball series and accept that our beautiful game should be shown like this. Lock in.

  20. Good recovery, just need to win 2 of 4 to get a home WC series. Hopefully the Diamondbacks can make it even easier

  23. any perennial Cubs doomsdayers should have a quick read over at r/motorcitykitties and be thankful that we’re not them right now

  24. Cubs can clinch top WC spot by Friday afternoon. That would be before the Padres even play another game.

  27. Have they updated the news about Horton yet? Patiently waiting for Craig’s postcame interview. He said pregame they would have the results around game time

  29. Nothing against Seiya, but with a healthy Tucker I think you have to sit him against righties for Moises. Mo Balls ABs have been the best on the team for the last while

  32. Maybe the Cubs are getting their stuff back together again, just in the nick of time.

    Detroit has apparently blown a 15 game division lead!

Leave a Reply