UPDATE (11:40 p.m ET): Murphy’s Law has come back to haunt the Chicago Cubs once again.
New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy set a major league record during the eighth inning Wednesday when he hit a homer in his sixth consecutive postseason game.
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Murphy’s record-breaker put the seventh and eighth runs on the board for New York, and the Mets won the game 8-3. With the win, they completed a four-game sweep of the Cubs and advance to the World Series for the first time since 2000.
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The New York Mets wasted no time jumping out in front of the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, as they scored four first-inning runs during Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.
Lucas Duda started the run parade with a three-run homer, and Travis d’Arnaud followed with a solo shot of his own.
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The Mets hold a commanding three-games-to-none lead over the Cubs in the best-of-seven series.
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