The first baseman drove the second pitch he saw from Zack Wheeler to straightaway center field for a home run.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Mets are +115 money line underdogs versus the Cubs, who have odds of -139 to win tonight on the road.
What's next: The Mets conclude the series with the Cubs. Entering the game, the righty owned a 2.41 spanning his last seven outings. This will mark Rizzo's first big league start in the leadoff spot.
Wheeler never recovered after that hit as he walked righty Albert Almora Jr. on four pitches before walking Rizzo to force in a run and give the Cubs a 2-1 lead. Wheeler allowed three more hits with Addison Russell's two-run double ending his night.
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Zack Wheeler. The Mets right-hander turned in the shortest outing of his career, pitching just 1.2 innings while allowing career-high eight earned runs on six hits.
Rizzo is in the midst of a seven game hitting streak and is batting.371 (13-for-35) with a 4:12 K:BB since the beginning of June, so manager Joe Maddon will push him up to the top of the order in an attempt to kickstart the Cubs' struggling offense. Teams rarely announce during the game that players were removed because of the score. By the time the Mets came to bat again in the second inning, they were already behind seven runs due to Wheeler's rough inning.
Jay Bruce robbed Kyle Schwarber of a home run in the eighth inning in one of the few bright spots for the Mets, giving the remaining fans something to cheer about in the 14-3 loss.
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