After dropping a difficult game Sunday night to rival Yankees, the New York Mets couldn't get to Chicago until Monday morning at 5am. This fatigue was evident against the Cubs on Monday. On Monday, the Chicago Cubs were the least successful team in the majors. The Mets suffered a string of defeats that saw them lose three consecutive games. The Cubs hope to win a rare series on Tuesday.

New York has decided to take on the Washington Nationals in National League East. It thought it was being relegated in the competition after its weekend defeat of the Yankees. Unfortunately, the Mets wasted a solid start by Johan Santana and failed to take advantage of the rest of their slumping division rivals. Chicago is getting a look at a piece of its future on Tuesday, when top prospect Anthony Rizzo is scheduled to Make his season debut at first base.

New York Mets at Chicago Cubs
When: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 8:05 pm ET
Where: Wringley Field, Chicago, Illinois

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Pitching Match Up Mets RH Dillon Gee (5-7, 4.27 ERA), VS Cubs RH Randy Wells (1-1, 4.91 ERA).
Gee is clearly emerging from his stellar start to the season. He allowed just two runs on three hits over 7 1/3 innings, and struck out nine batters to win from Baltimore. In each of his seven previous starts, the 26-year-old has made a good start. Gee has faced the Cubs only once in his career, allowing four runs over six innings to win.

Although Wells has spent most of his career in relief, he will be making his second consecutive start on Tuesday. http://somegamestudio.com Last week, the veteran was able to score three runs and five hits as well as giving up four walks. Wells has made four career starts against the Mets, going 0-1 with a 2.92 ERA.

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* Rizzo was pulled from his game at Triple-A Iowa in the fourth inning on Monday and told he was headed to Chicago. He was batting .342 and leading the Pacific Coast League with 23 home runs.