The Mets wouldn’t get their first hit of the game until the fourth inning when Dom Smith singled off of Jake Arrieta. After walking Billy McKinney, James McCann hit a single to drive in Dom.

Kevin Pillar immediately followed with a well struck 2-run double in the left-center gap, putting the Mets up 3-0. The double would count as Pillar’s fifth double of the campaign.

When scoring first in games, the Mets are now 29-7.

Dom Smith kept it going in the fifth, he would crush a two-out home run over the center field wall. The home run is Dom’s fifth and also Arrieta’s 12th given up, that’s quite a big number.

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David Peterson hit the mound today with a chip on his shoulder, as SNY analyst and former Mets pitcher Ron Darling pointed out, it looked like the lefty was pitching with some anger in his game.

His final line against the Cubs, six innings pitched, one hit, two walks, with three strikeouts. It’s the first time in Peterson’s career in which he tossed six shut-out innings.

The Cubs would however get in the run column in the seventh when Anthony Rizzo took Trevor May into the upper deck in right. Patrick Wisdom would immediately follow Rizzo with a home run of his own, the back to back bombs would cut the lead down to 5-2.

Edwin Diaz closed the game, picking up his 13th save of the year. The Puerto Rican born reliever pitched a perfect ninth while striking out the side.