The New York Mets entered Sunday's series finale against the Chicago Cubs off another excruciating loss. The Cubs won 6-5, leading wire-to-wire, but it felt entirely within the Mets' grasp. Clutch hitting was once again an issue as New York went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Sunday’s loss dropped the series to the New York Mets, marking the first time the Chicago Cubs have lost back-to-back series this season.

This is 11th series since 2000 between the Cubs and Mets at New York in which the teams have split the first two games. The Cubs have won the third game in four

The Cubs dropped two of the three games against the Mets this weekend, giving them back-to-back series losses for the first time this season. They also went 1-2 against the Giants last week at Wrigley Field.

Juan Soto and Kyle Tucker will be among the stars on display when the New York Mets face the Chicago Cubs on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET, at Citi Field. The Mets rank ninth in MLB with a .252 batting average. Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.01 ERA this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.

Cubs manager Craig Counsell has an update on the Ian Happ oblique injury that kept him out of the lineup for both games this weekend.

Cade Horton handled his second New York City traffic jam Saturday much better than his first. After sitting through a 90-minute bus ride to the ballpark, Horton twice worked out of trouble against the New York Mets’ best hitters to win his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs.

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski is set to return to action in Thursday's LaLiga clash at Espanyol, manager Hansi Flick said, as his side prepare to wrap up the title this week.

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Billionaire and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria what he thinks of President Donald Trump’s tariffs including the “big concern” surrounding them. Just after 9 a.m. Saturday, the United States Geological Survey confirmed that the 4.1 magnitude earthquake was detected in Blount County, near the North Carolina state line.