NEW YORK _ Jason Heyward's six hits in his past two games earned him the second spot in the Cubs' lineup Thursday night against the Mets in the first game of a four-game series at Citi Field.
Heyward went 2-for-5 with two singles and an RBI grounder, but Ben Zobrist sparked the offense with three hits _ including a two-run home run in the fifth inning off reliever Hansel Robles as the Cubs coasted to a 5-1 win at foggy Citi Field.
Heyward had not batted second since the 2016 season, when he hit .240 with four home runs and 26 RBIs in that spot in his first season with the Cubs.
The Cubs added another run in the top of the sixth with two out when Javier Baez hit a double and scored on a single by Kyle Schwarber.
Left-hander Jose Quintana, who lasted 4 1/3 innings in his last start against the Giants, pitched six innings of three-hit ball. Quintana ran into trouble in the third when he walked opposing starting pitcher Seth Lugo with one out and later walked Asdrubal Cabrera to load the bases. But Quintana struck out Jose Bautista and induced Michael Conforto to ground to first.
The Cubs kept the Mets scoreless until Brandon Nimmo smacked a home run off Brian Duensing with two out in the eighth.
Baez drew a walk in the ninth _ his first walk since April 11 and his first unintentional walk since April 7 _ a span of 183 at-bats.
