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April 18, 2026 · NL Cent

New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs

April 18, 2026Wrigley FieldPartly Cloudy 51°F · 16 mph, L To R
AWAY
New York Mets
7-14
2
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
11-9
4

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Mark Vientos Mark Vientos homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. NYM 1, CHC 0
B2 Ian Happ Ian Happ homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. NYM 1, CHC 1
B6 Carson Kelly Carson Kelly homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Ian Happ scores. Seiya Suzuki scores. NYM 1, CHC 4
T8 Francisco Alvarez Mets challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Francisco Alvarez reaches on a throwing error by second baseman Nico Hoerner. Bo Bichette scores. Luis Robert Jr. to 2nd. NYM 2, CHC 4

Box score

  123456789 R
NYM 010000010 2
CHC 010003000 4

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Mets AWAY 2

Freddy Peralta started for Mets, leaving trailing 1–4. Out of the bullpen, Brooks Raley took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Freddy Peralta Starter 5.2 93 3 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Freddy Peralta threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 48% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 50 54% 3 8 8 22 9
    Changeup 18 19% 0 5 5 4 4
    Slider 11 12% 2 0 0 7 2
    Curveball 7 8% 2 2 1 1 1
    Slow Curve 7 8% 1 0 0 5 1
  • Brooks Raley Setup 0.2 8 1 0 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Luke Weaver Setup 0.2 9 0 0
  • Craig Kimbrel Reliever 1.0 14 0 0
Cubs HOME 4

Jameson Taillon started for Cubs, leaving with the game tied 1–1. Out of the bullpen, Ben Brown took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jameson Taillon Starter 6.0 100 1 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jameson Taillon threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 58% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 28 28% 3 5 7 11 2
    Cutter 23 23% 5 3 6 6 3
    Curveball 15 15% 1 2 0 10 2
    Sweeper 14 14% 2 2 4 2 4
    Sinker 10 10% 0 0 1 6 3
    Changeup 10 10% 2 1 0 4 3
  • Ben Brown Middle 2.0 38 1 1 HLD
  • Caleb Thielbar Middle 1.0 14 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

3 runs Bottom 6th · off Raley
  • Kelly HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · NYM
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Tyrone Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .259 .385 .644
Bo Bichette 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .227 .266 .295 .561
Francisco Lindor SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .214 .305 .321 .626
Luis Robert Jr. CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .258 .372 .379 .751 2B
MJ Melendez DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .600 1.100
Francisco Alvarez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .385 .509 .894
Mark Vientos 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .240 .264 .400 .664 HR (2)
Tommy Pham PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Marcus Semien 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .216 .280 .297 .577
Carson Benge LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .150 .239 .217 .456
Brett Baty RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 .190 .197 .270 .467
HOME · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Nico Hoerner 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .325 .402 .525 .927
Michael Busch 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .174 .275 .203 .478
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229 .301 .313 .614
Ian Happ LF 2 2 1 1 2 0 .222 .333 .528 .861 HR (6)
Seiya Suzuki RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 .267 .405 .300 .705
Carson Kelly DH 1 1 1 3 0 0 .340 .450 .520 .970 HR (2)
Miguel Amaya C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .400 .394 .794
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .218 .265 .282 .547
Dansby Swanson SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .341 .400 .741
Moisés Ballesteros DH 2 0 1 0 0 1 .381 .413 .619 1.032

Pitching lines

AWAY · NYM
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Freddy Peralta 5.2 3 3 3 2 3 1 93 4.05 L
Brooks Raley 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 2.45
Luke Weaver 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7.36
Craig Kimbrel 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0.00
HOME · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jameson Taillon 6.0 5 1 1 3 4 1 100 3.97 W
Ben Brown 2.0 2 1 0 1 1 0 38 2.70 HLD
Caleb Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 2.57 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · NYM
Carlos Mendoza
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 1.8 R IBBs 1.5 R
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYM
4-5 ?1 -13 run diff
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HOME · CHC
5-3 ?2 +17 run diff
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Season series: 0-0 with NYM listed first across 1 prior meeting.

Keep reading

How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.