Cubs 10 Mets 3 Game 1 - Post Game Notes - 6/24/2026

 

Here are the Post Game Notes for today's Game 1 10-3 Mets loss.

Mets: Dropped the second game of their four-game series against the Cubs and the first game of today's doubleheader, 10-3...Have lost four straight games as well as six of their last eight...Have allowed six or more runs in four straight game, tied for their longest such streak of the season (also: 5/17-20)...Have allowed double-digit runs for the sixth time this season and for the third time in their last four games...Are 1-6 against the Cubs since September 24, 2025. • Mets pitchers combined to strike out 14 Cubs batters...Their eight games this season with 14 or more strikeouts are tied with Toronto for the secondmost in the majors. 

Nolan McLean (6.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 2 HR, 2 HBP): 

• Has allowed six or more runs in three of his last seven starts...Did not allow more than five runs in each of his first 17 career Major League starts... Allowed a hit to six of his final 10 batters....Had only allowed one hit through his first 18 batters faced...Has recorded nine strikeouts in consecutive starts and has four career starts with nine or more strikeouts...Is the first Mets pitcher since Tylor Megill (4/21-27/25) to record nine or more strikeouts in consecutive starts...His 106 strikeouts on the season are the fifth-most in the National League and the eighth-most in the majors...His 163 career strikeouts are the fifth-most by a Met through their first 24 Major League games trailing only Dwight Gooden (193), Matt Harvey (172), Noah Syndergaard (166) and Kodai Senga (164).
• Recorded his 100th strikeout of the season in the first. • Threw a career-high 104 pitches...Has thrown at least 100 pitches in three of his last four starts as well as five of his last nine.

Jared Young (1-2, HR, 2 RBI, R): Put the Mets on the board with a tworun homer to left-center field in the fourth...All five of his home runs this season have come since May 30. 

Francisco Alvarez (2-3, HR, RBI, R): Launched a solo homer in the fourth, going back-to-back with Young...Marked the fourth time this season the Mets have hit back-to-back home runs and for the third time in their last 11 games (last: Ewing/Semien, 6/14 vs. Atlanta)...Has homered in consecutive games for the first time since September 2324, 2025...Since his return from the Injured List, June 9 vs. St. Louis, has slashed .326/.370/.535 with three home runs and seven RBI.

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