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4/18/2026 Box Score: Chicago Cubs 4 New York Mets 2
Carson Benge*; LF 0 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Tyrone Taylor; PH 0 for 1; Bo Bichette; 3B 1 for 4; 1 run; Francisco Lindor#; SS 2 for 4; 1 K; Luis Robert Jr.; CF 2 for 4; 1 double; MJ Melendez*; DH 0 for 3; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Francisco Alvarez; C 0 for 4; Mark Vientos; 1B 1 for 4; 1 HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; Brett Baty*; RF 0 for 2; 1 walk; Tommy Pham; PH 0 for 1; 1 K; Marcus Semien; 2B 1 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Freddy Peralta; (L, 1-2) 5.2 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 3 hits; 1 HR; 2 walks; 3 Ks; Brooks Raley*; 0.2 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 1 hit; 1 HR; Luke Weaver; 0.2 inning; no runs; Craig Kimbrel; 1 inning; no runs; 1 hit; 1 walk;
Mike Puma NY Post: "Peralta was rolling for a second straight start, but lost the strike zone with two outs in the sixth in a 1-1 game, walking Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki. Mendoza summoned Raley and one pitch later the game tilted: pinch hitter Carson Kelly blasted a three-run homer. The Mets never recovered."
Abbey Mastracco NY Daily News: "Mark Vientos hit his second home run of the season in the second inning off right-hander Jameson Taillon to put the Mets on top 1-0. Unsurprisingly, the lead didn’t last. Ian Happ led off with a home run to center field in the bottom of the inning."
Laura Albanese Newsday: "There’s bad hitting, or poor defense, or the occasional rough start, and as their losing streak reached 10 games Saturday afternoon with a 4-2 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the psychological toll was palpable. The visitors’ clubhouse was silent. Answers were few and far between."
Brian Joura Mets360: "My continued hope is that some decision maker will demand production. Maybe the losing streak hitting 10 games will be the watershed moment for Mendoza and/or David Stearns. At this point, Brett Baty, Benge and Semien just can’t be in the lineup every stinking day. Otherwise, a 15-game losing streak isn’t out of the question."
MLB YouTube Channel: Cubs 4 Mets 2 Game Highlights - 4/18/26
SNY on YouTube: Carlos Mendoza, Marcus Semien, Freddy Peralta Post Game Reactions - 4/18/26
4/18/26: Mets Roster Moves - Polanco to IL, Senger to MLB
Mets Fall to Cubs, 4-2:
- Mets' skid hits 10 as Peralta's efforts undone immediately after he exits (MLB.com)
- Mets suffer 10th straight loss with season already mired in ugly mess (NYP)
- Mets reach longest skid since ’04 after another loss to Chicago Cubs (NYDN)
- Carlos Mendoza has message for Mets fans after 10th straight loss (NJ.com)
- Mets in free fall after losing 10th straight game (ESPN)
- Mets' losing streak hits 10 with New York off to its worst start in 43 years (CBS Sports)
- This Stat Spells Trouble for Mets' Playoff Hopes After 10 Straight Losses (SI.com)
- Big budget Mets losing streak hits 10 games following loss to Chicago Cubs (USA Today)
- Mets' losing streak reaches 10 games after top starter Freddy Peralta falters vs. Cubs (Yahoo)
- Kelly homers as the Cubs hand the Mets their 10th straight loss with a 4-2 victory (AP)
Jorge Polanco News:
- Mets lose 1B/DH Polanco (right wrist contusion) to IL, recall C Senger (MLB.com)
- Mets place Jorge Polanco (wrist) on 10-day IL, retroactive to April 15 (Newsday)
- Jorge Polanco hits injured list as Mets take another early season blow (NYP)
- Mets Notebook: Jorge Polanco lands on IL with wrist contusion (NYDN)
- Mets make final decision on key hitter battling multiple injuries (NJ.com)
- Mets put struggling Jorge Polanco on IL with sore wrist (ESPN)
- Mets place infielder Jorge Polanco on 10-day injured list before their 10th straight loss (AP)
Other Mets News:
- 1 early-season development each team can believe in (MLB.com)
- Mets' No. 4 prospect dials long distance in both ends of Triple-A doubleheader (MLB.com)
- Laura Albanese: Mets try to stay positive as losing streak hits 10 (Newsday)
- Mets’ David Peterson scratched from scheduled start but is not injured (NYP)
- Carlos Mendoza is shouldering the blame for Mets’ ugly slide — but the biggest flops came above his pay grade (NYP)
- Mets make surprise change to pitching plans as losing streak continues (NJ.com)
- Mets to start Tobias Myers instead of David Peterson vs. Cubs (The Athletic)
- Carlos Mendoza Noncommittal About Kodai Senga's Next Start (SI.com)
New York Post:
- Mets’ David Peterson scratched from scheduled start but is not injured
- Carlos Mendoza is shouldering the blame for Mets’ ugly slide — but the biggest flops came above his pay grade
- Sports guarantees can be so fun — until they spoil all hope
- Mets suffer 10th straight loss with season already mired in ugly mess
- Amazin’ masterpiece: Christie’s to auction off $35M Renoir painting owned by NY Mets founding family
SNY.tv:
- Mets' Tobias Myers to start series finale vs. Cubs instead of David Peterson
- Freddy Peralta's two sixth-inning walks prove large in Mets' loss to Cubs: 'Ended up costing the game there'
- Mets not dwelling on 10th straight loss; remain focused on salvaging series finale with Cubs
- Mets can't get big hit in 4-2 defeat to Cubs; losing streak reaches 10 games
Metsmerized Online
- Morning Briefing: Tobias Myers to Start Instead of Peterson
- Mets Drop Tenth Consecutive Game in 4-2 Loss to Cubs
- Game Chat: Mets vs Cubs, 2:20 PM
- 2026 MLB Power Rankings: Week Three Update
- Mets Place Jorge Polanco on 10-Day IL, Recall Hayden Senger
- Kodai Senga Follows Career-Worst Start With Another Shortcoming
- Mets Minors Recap: Voit Heating Up for Cyclones
Amazin' Avenue
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- NL East Standings: Braves’ resurgence makes last year’s NY Mets failure much worse
- 3 more NY Mets minor league free agents who could follow Craig Kimbrel, Tommy Pham
- Latest NY Mets roster move is overthinking unless it comes with another daily change
- Ranking Francisco Lindor's first 20 NY Mets games in all 6 seasons
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Syracuse:
- Syracuse Mets Game Recap: Offensive Explosion Powers S-Mets to Doubleheader Sweep over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
- 4/18/2026 - Game 2 Box Score: Syracuse Mets 7 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 4
- 4/18/2026 - Game 1 Box Score: Syracuse Mets 9 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 4
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AP Sports:
- Padres break through late as Laureano and Tatis lift San Diego past Angels 4-1
- Johnson’s go-ahead 2-run double in the 6th helps Rockies beat Dodgers 4-3
- Corbin Carroll hits grand slam in 8th as Diamondbacks beat Blue Jays 6-2
- Kirby deals 5 2/3 innings of 1-run ball, Raley homers as Mariners beat Rangers 7-3
- Cedric Mullins homers in 13th to lift Rays past Pirates 8-7 in rain-soaked game
- Sale pitches seven strong innings, Braves take advantage of error in win over slumping Phillies
- Cardinals slug 3 homers to beat the Astros 7-5 and extend winning streak to 4 games
- Gavin Williams strikes out 11 in the Guardians’ 4-2 win over the Orioles
- Rain threat forces Red Sox to delay Tigers game 3 hours at Fenway Park
- Phillies place closer Jhoan Duran on 15-day injured list with left oblique strain
MLB Trade Rumors
- J.T. Realmuto Leaves Game Due To Lower Back Tightness
- Diamondbacks Sign Andrew Velazquez To Minor League Deal
- Nationals Option Paxton Schultz
- Royals To Select Contract Of Elias Díaz
- Marlins To Activate Kyle Stowers On Sunday
- Zack Wheeler On Track For Late April Return
- Angels Recall Walbert Ureña, Option Sam Aldegheri
- Phillies Place Jhoan Duran On 15-Day Injured List
- Diamondbacks Reinstate Lourdes Gurriel Jr., DFA Luken Baker
- José Buttó Undergoes Procedure For Blood Clot
- Astros Claim Dustin Harris, Designate J.P. France For Assignment
- NL West Notes: Susac, Bailey, Freeland, Dollander, Ryan
- Cubs Select Corbin Martin’s Contract
- Mets Place Jorge Polanco On 10-Day Injured List
- Dodgers To Promote Ryan Ward
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Born on this date:
- Frank Viola (1960)
- Brent Mayne (1968)
- Ambiorix Burgos (1984)
- Jackie Bradley Jr. (1990)
- Tyler Jay (1994)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.
1968 | Nolan Ryan makes quick work of the Dodgers when he strikes out the side on nine pitches in the top of the third inning of the Mets' 3-2 loss at Shea Stadium. The 21 year-old New York fireballer, who will also accomplish the feat with the Angels in 1972, strikes out 11 batters in 7.1 frames, including Claude Osteen, Wes Parker, and Zoilo Versalles, the victims of his immaculate inning. |
1979 | The Mets trade Tim Foli, along with minor league prospect Greg Field, to the Pirates in exchange for second baseman Frank Taveras. Foli, appearing in 133 games, will play a significant role in the club's world championship this season, batting .291 and providing solid defense at shortstop for the Bucs. |
1987 | In the 4000th game in franchise history, the Mets drop a 4-2 decision to St. Louis at Busch Stadium. The reigning World Champs, who started as an expansion team in 1962, have won exactly half of their last 1000 games, posting a 500-498-2 record during the span that began on July 19, 1980. |
1997 | The Cubs lose their 13th consecutive game to match the longest losing streak in the franchise's 122-year history. Reliever Turk Wendell, wearing #13, is tagged with the loss when Chicago drops a 6-3 decision to Mets at Shea Stadium. |
1998 | Equaling their largest margin of victory when keeping an opponent scoreless, the Mets rout Cincinnati at Cinergy Field, 14-0. Outfielder Bernard Gilkey crosses the plate in the first, third, fifth, seventh, and eighth inning, becoming only one of four players in franchise history to score five runs in one game. |
1998 | The Devil Rays, en route to finishing last in the AL East, improve their record to 10-6, beating the Angels at Anaheim, 6-0, becoming the first expansion team to be four games over .500 at any point in their inaugural season. In contrast, the 1962 Mets posted a 3-13 mark in the first 16 games in the history of the franchise. |
2005 | David Wright's seventh-inning grand slam at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park establishes a club record for home runs hit in a game. The Mets go deep seven times (Reyes-2, Diaz-2, Piazza, Wright, and Mientkiewicz) when they rout the Phillies, 16-4. |
2013 | According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Matt Harvey becomes the first pitcher in modern major league history to win his first four games while giving up less than a total of ten hits. The 24 year-old Mets right-hander easily outduels his mound opponent, Washington's former phenom, Stephen Strasburg, prompting the Citi Field crowd to start chanting, "Har-vee's be-tter, "Har-vee's be-tter." |
2010: The Mets' youngsters are in evidence in a 6 - 1 win over the Cubs. Jonathon Niese picks up the win with a solid effort over 5 2/3 innings; Jenrry Mejia, the youngest player in the National League, pitches the final two innings; and 1B Ike Davis goes 2 for 4 with an RBI in his major league debut. Angel Pagan adds a homer off James Russell, who suffers his first major league loss for Chicago.
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