The Mets spoke of belief, of hope, of perseverance. A silent Citi Field spoke the truth.
Counting on their ace to end a season-worst home skid, Jacob deGrom cruised through the majority of Thursday night’s start against the Cubs but ended with his worst line in more than three months as the Mets suffered their sixth straight home loss, 4-1, and fell five games behind Chicago for the second wild-card spot.
For the first time in 18 starts, deGrom allowed more than three earned runs, and he surrendered multiple homers for the first time since June 18, with Victor Caratini’s second shot — a tie-breaking, three-run bomb in the seventh inning — handing the Mets their second straight sweep in Queens.