Daniel Murphy homered for the fourth straight game and Noah Syndergaard struck out nine batters as the New York Mets took a two-game lead in the NLCS with a 4-1 win over the Chicago Cubs in Game 2 on Sunday at Citi Field.
Murphy tied the franchise record for career postseason home runs with a two-run home run in the first inning off Jake Arrieta that gave the Mets a 3-0 lead.
Curtis Granderson went 1-for-3 with a walk, two stolen bases and two runs scored, while Murphy went 2-for-3 with an intentional walk.
Syndergaard (1-0) gave up one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, retiring 16 of the first 18 batters he faced.
Arrieta (0-1) allowed four runs, four hits and two walks in just five innings for the Cubs.
Granderson led off the first inning with a single and scored from first base on David Wright’s RBI double. Murphy then hit an Arrieta fastball just inside the right-field foul pole.
Granderson robbed Chris Coghlan of a potential home run with a leaping catch at the wall in the second inning.
In the third inning, Granderson walked, stole second and third, and scored on a Yoenis Cespedes infield single to make it 4-0.
Syndergaard left after allowing an RBI double to Kris Bryant in the sixth inning, but Jon Niese struck out Anthony Rizzo to end the threat.
Addison Reed pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning, Tyler Clippard retired Kyle Schwarber to end the eighth inning and Jeurys Familia a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save of the playoffs.
The Mets and Cubs will play Game 3 of the NLCS on Tuesday at Wrigley Field at 8:07 p.m. ET.
Jacob deGrom (2-0, 1.38 ERA) will face Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 5.79 ERA).
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Syndergaard was locked in. As is Murphy. As are the Mets.
The offense was able to power the Mets to a quick lead, one they never gave up. They jumped out in front thanks to, who else, Murphy. He just missed a homer down the right field line on one pitch, then came back, straightened it out a little bit and sent one flying.
And Syndergaard never really let the Cubs sniff a rally. They plated one run off him as he tired and neared 100 pitches, but let up just a handful of singles before he started to hit a wall. His fastball wasn’t lighting up the gun as often as it did in his first start, but his offspeed stuff was breaking just right and landing for strikes.
Meanwhile, in the bullpen, Niese came into a tough spot and got the Mets out of the inning. Reed and Clippard looked like their former dominant selves, while Familia made quick work of the Cubbies in the ninth.
Now, the Mets head to Chicago with the ace of their staff taking the mound in Game 3.
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