New York Mets at Chicago Cubs

NYM 2 — CHC 4

Final — 2026-04-18

Game MVP: Jameson Taillon — 6.0 IP, 4 K, 1 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYM	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	0
CHC	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	x	4	5	1

WP Jameson Taillon (1-1)

LP Freddy Peralta (1-2)

SV Caleb Thielbar (1)

Scoring Plays

Top 2: Vientos homered to left center (434 feet). (0-1)

Bot 2: Happ homered to center (431 feet). (1-1)

Bot 6: Kelly homered to left center (405 feet), Happ scored and Suzuki scored. (4-1)

Top 8: Bichette scored, Alvarez safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Hoerner, Robert Jr. to second. (4-2)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Freddy Peralta	5.2	3	3	3	2	3	1	93-54	4.05	L, 1-2
Brooks Raley	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	8-6	2.45
Luke Weaver	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-5	7.36
C. Kimbrel	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14-6	0.00

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Jameson Taillon	6.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	100-61	3.97	W, 1-1
Ben Brown	2.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	38-22	2.70
Caleb Thielbar	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-11	2.57	S, 1

Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois (36,189)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Alex Tosi, First Base Umpire: Adam Hamari, Second Base Umpire: Austin Jones, Third Base Umpire: Todd Tichenor

Broadcast: MARQ | SNY