Thursday, May 31st, 2018 6:10PM CST
On Thursday night, the Chicago Cubs opened their four-game series against the New York Mets with a 5-1 win. Contributing significantly to the victory were starting pitcher Jose Quintana, who pitched six shutout innings, and Ben Zobrist, who hit a two-run home run against the injury-plagued Mets squad.
Date: Thursday, May 31st, 2018
Time: 6:10PM CST
Stadium: Citi Field
Location: Queens, New York
Attendance: 34,458
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NYM |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
CHC |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

Doubles: Nimmo (7, Quintana)
Home Runs: Nimmo (6, 8th inning off Duensing 0 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Nimmo (12)
2-out Runs Batted In: Nimmo
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-3 (Conforto 0-1, J. Bautista 0-1, Rosario 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Conforto 2; Rosario 1

Wild Pitches: Robles; G. Bautista
Intentional Walks: Bryant (By Baumann)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Lugo 10/15; Robles 3/6; Blevins 4/5; Baumann 3/6; Copeland 4/5; G. Bautista 5/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Lugo 13-4-14-12; Robles 3-2-5-4; Blevins 4-2-2-3; Baumann 4-1-4-2; Copeland 4-4-7-3; G. Bautista 0-4-3-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Lugo 7-2; Robles 0-2; Blevins 0-2; Baumann 1-0; Copeland 1-1; G. Bautista 0-2
Game Scores: S Lugo 59

Errors: Conforto (2, throw)
Passed Balls: Mesoraco

Doubles: Bryant (17, Lugo); Báez (10, Blevins); Zobrist (7, Baumann)
Home Runs: Zobrist (4, 5th inning off Robles 1 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Zobrist 2 (17), Schwarber (24), Heyward (21), Contreras (21)
2-out Runs Batted In: Zobrist 2, Schwarber
Sacrifice Flies: Contreras
Team Left On Base: 11
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-9 (Schwarber 1-1, Báez 0-1, Zobrist 1-1, Bryant 0-1, Rizzo 0-2, Happ 0-1, Heyward 0-1, Russell 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Báez 2; Bryant 1; Rizzo 1; Happ 1; Russell 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Quintana 18/22; Cishek 3/3; Duensing 0/3; Strop 3/5; Morrow 0/1
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Quintana 20-6-21-13; Cishek 3-5-1-1; Duensing 3-0-3-3; Strop 3-0-1-2; Morrow 0-0-0-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Quintana 7-4; Cishek 0-1; Duensing 1-1; Strop 0-3; Morrow 1-0
Game Scores: J Quintana 70

Assists: Schwarber (Conforto at 2nd base)
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