The New York Mets (24-14) welcome the Chicago Cubs (22-16) to Queens for a battle of two first place teams. The Mets begin a six game home stand, followed by six games in the northeast, followed up by nine more home games, so they are in a stretch where they can reasonably settle in after spending much of the last month ping ponging around the country.
With their win on Wednesday, the Mets are back in their series wining ways, after dropping or splitting the previous three series they played, though the team has more or less been competitive, even in their losses as of late.