Francisco Alvarez broke a tie with a two-run homer in the eighth inning after the visiting New York Mets had already erased a five-run deficit in a 9-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.

New York's Brandon Nimmo launched a three-run homer in a five-run fifth inning and Francisco Lindor also went deep to lead off the game.

Lindor drove in three runs and Pete Alonso had an RBI single for the Mets (81-76), who recorded just the fifth win in their last eight games to move one game ahead of the Cincinnati Reds for the final wild-card spot in the National League. The Reds dropped a 4-2 decision to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.

Carlos Santana and Ian Happ both had two-run doubles and Nico Hoerner and Seiya Suzuki each added an RBI single for the Cubs (88-69), who have lost a season

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