NEW YORK -- When it comes to Wednesday’s doubleheader between the Cubs and Mets, call it “The Dansby Swanson Show.”
His bat did a lot of talking in those two games at Citi Field. In the second game, which Chicago won, 10-5, Swanson drove in four runs. In the first game, the Cubs’ shortstop plated seven runs in a 10-6 victory. During the first three games of this series, Swanson has 15 RBIs, the most by any player in a set against the Mets. On top of that, Swanson is also the first MLB player to reach 15 RBIs in a series since 2016, when Danny Espinosa of the Nationals tallied as many against the Reds from June 30-July 3.
It was Swanson who played a huge role in the Cubs taking the lead in the top of the sixth inning. The game was tied at 4 with Mets left-hander Brooks Raley on the mound. After Pedro Ramírez led off with a double, Swanson tripled over the head of right fielder Brett Baty to bring home Ramírez all the way from first base and give the Cubs a one-run lead. Swanson then scored on a groundout by Matt Shaw to increase the lead to 6-4.
The Mets would make it a one-run game in the bottom of the inning when Bo Bichette hit a solo homer off right-hander Gavin Hollowell. But Swanson wasn’t done for the night. After the Cubs padded their lead thanks to the help of multiple Mets errors, Swanson capped his dominant day with a two-run single in the ninth that removed any drama from the contest, right before stealing second for good measure.