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NEW YORK – It was obvious off the bat that the Mets’ DJ Stewart had just put his team up three runs against Cubs reliever Adbert Alzolay. The ball landed in the right field upper deck at Citi Field.
It was also clear that the inning should have already been over, with the score still tied. In the Cubs’ 4-2 loss to the Mets on Tuesday, all three runs that scored on Stewart’s sixth-inning home run, and proved to be the difference in the game, were unearned.
“We didn’t play good enough defense tonight,” manager Craig Counsell said.