Rizzo tacked on his 10th homer in the fifth and Nate Schierholtz went deep in Chicago's three-run eighth inning.

WSJ: New York Mets lose 8-2 to Chicago Cubs

Nate Schierholtz lined to center, starting a streak in which Harvey retired 20 of 21 batters around Castro's one-out single in the third.

WSJ: Harvey improves to 5-0, leads Mets over Cubs 3-2

What began with the eyebrow-raising departure of catcher Russell Martin for Pittsburgh continued with Eric Chavez' jump to the Arizona Diamondbacks, then the news that second-tier Yankee targets Jeff Keppinger and Nate Schierholtz had quickly signed elsewhere.

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