NEW YORK – Pete Crow-Armstrong haunted the Mets once again. His double in the top of the 10th inning helped the Cubs defeat the Mets, 4-3, on Thursday night at Citi Field.
Chicago swept the four-game series and has won six out of their last seven games to improve its record to 44-37.
With one out and left-hander Brooks Raley on the mound for New York, Crow-Armstrong, once a Mets prospect, doubled down the right field line, scoring automatic runner Matt Shaw.
Cubs right-hander Trent Thornton held the Mets in check in the bottom of the inning.
Unlike the previous three games, the Cubs and Mets were scoreless until the sixth inning when Chicago scored three unearned runs against right-hander Freddy Peralta.
After reaching base on an error by shortstop Ronny Mauricio, Dansby Swanson advanced to second base after Crow-Armstrong grounded out. Michael Conforto followed and singled to left field, scoring Swanson.
Conforto then scored the second run of the game on a double by Alex Bregman, who then advanced to third on a fielding error by Carson Benge. Conforto then scored the third run of the inning on a single by Ian Happ.
But the Mets would tie the score off the Cubs' bullpen by the seventh inning. With Hoby Milner on the mound, Eric Wagaman hit a two-run homer to make it a one-run game. An inning later Phil Maton was on the rubber when Jared Young tied the game at 3 with a solo homer.
But the Cubs managed to leave New York with a victory.