Cubs 4, Mets 3 (10 innings)

(7-7, tie for first place with Philadelphia, 1 game ahead of everyone else)

So, clearly, I’m not going to be writing about every game.

Turns out - after these past three days - I’m not going to feel like writing about every single game.

But a quick word on an ugly series in Chicago:

The Mets looked like a tired, defeated team in Chicago. Like the cold and terrible weather had caught up to them.

Which - while certainly Colorado and Chicago in April are a roll of the dice weather-wise - it’s not like they would have had significantly better weather had they been playing at home.

That’s just a tough break and you have to battle through it.

There were some highlights - Sean Reid-Foley’s outing, Pete Alonso’s power on display, Francisco Lindor’s first homer with the Mets, J.D. Davis waking up (at the plate exclusively) - but really the lasting image will be that of bungling defensive plays (J.D. Davis in the field) and a flat-out struggling Cubs offense getting the better of the Mets…and the Mets failing to get the automatic runner in from second during the extra inning Thursday night in a move they should trademark.

That type of series happens during a season.

I guess it’s nice to get it out of the way early.

Now there’s a week’s worth of some pretty important division games - Washington and Philadelphia - with Boston sandwiched in between for two.

Now would be a good time for the Mets to get on a good roll and put the ugliness of the Chicago sweep behind them.