Cubs 12, Mets 4: Home runs by Moises Ballesteros, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ lead to a blowout

The Mets came to Wrigley Field riding an eight-game losing streak in which they had been outscored 44-12. Those sorts of things are usually ripe for the losing streak team to break it, especially with the wind blowing out at the ol’ ballyard. Not in this one.

The Mets looked like a team in disarray and now have a nine-game losing streak in which they have been outscored 56-16 after the Cubs demolished them 12-4 on a warm, windy April afternoon. The Cubs wasted no time getting the bats going after Edward Cabrera threw a scoreless first. With one out, Michael Busch walked and Alex Bregman singled him to third.

Ian Happ struck out, but this bloop single by Seiya Suzuki made it 1-0 Cubs [VIDEO] . Your browser does not support the video tag. That 1-0 lead quickly became 4-0 courtesy of Moisés Ballesteros [VIDEO].

Your browser does not support the video tag. About the four-run first, from BCB’s JohnW53: The Cubs’ four runs in the first inning equal their total in the first in their previous 18 games. That had been their fewest in any inning.