Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo and Mark Vientos homered in the Mets' 5-2 win over the Cubs on Sunday night.
CHICAGO -- Luis Severino tossed six shutout innings, Francisco Lindor and Brandon Nimmo hit back-to-back homers and the New York Mets topped the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Sunday night after closer Edwin Díaz was ejected in the ninth before throwing a pitch.Díaz came on to try to seal the victory, but was tossed for having a foreign substance after umpires inspected his hands and glove.
They finally broke through in the third, when Lindor followed Harrison Bader's double with his 13th home run into the left field bleachers.Nimmo drove his 11th to almost the same place four pitches later.J.D. Martinez added an RBI in the fifth and Vientos homered off Tyson Miller in the eighth.Severino gave way to Dedniel Núñez, who surrendered a two-run homer to Morel in the seventh.
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