Colon, Mets can’t keep up with Cubs in Chicago

CHICAGO — The constant for the Cubs since the All-Star break has been the starting pitching, and Kyle Hendricks continued that trend on Wednesday against the Mets. It didn’t hurt to have Anthony Rizzo launch a pair of home runs into the right-field bleachers at Wrigley Field either.

Rizzo belted two homers, driving in three, and Addison Russell smacked a two-run double to back Hendricks and lift the Cubs to a 6-2 victory over the Mets to take the series. The Cubs couldn’t match the Mets’ sweep in New York, but Chicago manager Joe Maddon will be happy with what he calls a “meatloaf” — two out of three ain’t bad.

Hendricks seemed comfortable in the 1988 throwback uniforms the Cubs wore — he was born in ’89, by the way — and continued to thrive at home. He’s now 7-1 at Wrigley Field with a 1.36 ERA, giving up 10 earned runs over 66 1/3 innings pitched. All of the Cubs’ runs came off Bartolo Colon, who departed after 4 1/3 innings and took the loss, his second in his last 11 starts.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDLift off: On Tuesday, Rizzo struck out four times for the first time in his career. He made up for it Wednesday. With one out in the third, he launched his 23rd home run, and he then belted a two-run shot in the fifth, driving in Kris Bryant, who had doubled. Rizzo now has hit safely in 37 of his last 44 games since May 29 and has 13 homers and 36 RBIs in that stretch. …

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