Adrian Sampson pitched six scoreless innings to outduel Jacob deGrom in a 4-1 win over the Mets Tuesday night in New York.
“Those are at-bats you have to grind out,” Happ said after the game on the Cubs broadcast. “He’s, if not the best, one of the best in the game.”“It was a good all-around offensive night,” manager David Ross said, rattling off performances by Happ, David Bote, Michael Hermosillo and others.
“I think the story is Sampson,” Ross added. “He goes under the radar a lot, but he pitched a really nice game tonight.”The Cubs enter Wednesday night’s series finale with a chance to win the seven-game season series against a Mets team locked in the tightest division-race battle in the majors — the Cubs trimming the Mets’ lead over the Braves to one game, pending Atlanta’s late game in San Francisco.
“When you go up against a team like this that’s been really, really good all year, and win the first two games of the series, that’s huge," Happ said. The last time the Cubs won a series against a division leader was a three-gamer in Milwaukee the first week of July.Meanwhile, the six lost series between the Cubs’ Aug. 19-21 series win at home against the Brewers and this one in New York were eventful if not especially fruitful.Gave up 101 runs .
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