Carlos Mendoza’s New York Mets never led in their 6-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs, but they applied pressure. After going down 4-0, Brett Baty hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning before hitting a two-run shot in the eighth.

Francisco Lindor led off with the first of New York’s four solo homers and the Mets rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. Brett Baty and Jeff McNeil went deep in the second while Juan Soto homered in the fourth to help the Mets improve to 14-3 at Citi Field.