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- Updated: July 19, 2016
CHICAGO — When Jon Lester faced the Mets on July 3 in New York, the Cubs’ left-hander had the shortest outing of his career, serving up eight runs over 1 1/3 innings. Lester redeemed himself Monday, giving up one run over 7 2/3 innings, to help the Cubs finally beat the Mets.
Anthony Rizzo smacked a three-run homer to back Lester and lift the Cubs to a 5-1 victory over the Mets in front of 41,353 at Wrigley Field. The celebration may be a little livelier postgame for the Cubs, as the win ended New York’s string of eight straight wins over Chicago, which began with a sweep in last October’s National League Championship Series and continued with another sweep from June 30-July 3 at Citi Field.
Rookie Steven Matz took the loss, exiting after five-plus innings, and the Mets now have dropped seven of the lefty’s last nine starts. Wilmer Flores thwarted Lester’s shutout bid with a leadoff homer …
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