CUBS BLAST METS

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Javier Baez hit a grand slam homer in the 6th inning to punctuate a 16-4 come from behind Chicago Cubs win over the New Mets at Wrigley Field Wednesday night. The Mets led 2-0 until the bottom of the 4th inning when the Cubs scored 7 times to take control of the game. They added 3 more in the 5th prior to the Baez grand slam and 2 more in the 8th. The Cubs totalled their 16 runs on 13 hits. David Bote drove in four for the Cubs and Matt Duffy had 3 RBI. The Cubs are now 8-9 and will look to get to .500 Thursday night when they go for a sweep of the series. Jacob DeGrom (1-1) will go for the Mets and Trevor Williams (2-1) for the Cubs. Catch the action on Lite 103 WAKO beginning with the pregame at 6:05 Central Time and 6:40 for the first pitch.