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CHICAGO -- The New York Mets wanted more pop up top, and hoped Daniel Murphy could provide it. He delivered, hitting a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning that sent the Mets over the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday for their first series win at Wrigley Field since 2007. The Mets won two of three on this trip to Chicago. Murphy batted leadoff for the first time this season and fifth time in his career. Hed mostly been in the second slot this season. "Its still always about quality at-bats," Murphy said. Murphy hit a leadoff shot against reliever Kyuji Fujikawa (1-1). Murphy has homered twice in three games and has an eight-game hitting streak, during which hes batted .469 (15 for 32) with seven extra-base hits. Manager Terry Collins indicated Murphy might remain in the leadoff spot. "I feel like Im taking better swings," Murphy said. "I feel better with my swing. Im also getting better pitches to hit. When your swing is going good, you feel comfortable at the plate. You just dont miss them. Thats kind of where Im at." Mets rookie Juan Lagares hit his first major league homer, a tying, two-run drive in the seventh against starter Travis Wood. "I wish I could have that pitch back," Wood said. "I went with a changeup, was trying to get it down and happened to leave it up. He put a good swing on it and hit it out." Lagares planned to keep the baseball, which a fan threw back onto the field. "When I came here I just tried to keep doing the same thing I was doing in Triple-A," Lagares said. "The key is to keep working hard." Scott Rice (2-3) pitched two scoreless innings. Bobby Parnell earned his sixth save. Wood hit his first homer of the season and fourth of his career, clearing the left-field bleachers with a two-run drive off Dillon Gee in the fifth to end a scoreless tie. "I felt like I located fairly well today, other than a couple pitches that really hurt me," Gee said. "Wood hitting the home run kind of surprised me because I was throwing so many sliders to him. It was like he was sitting on the fastball as soon as it left my hand." Wood made his ninth straight quality start, allowing three runs and five hits in seven innings. He struck out three and walked two. The last Cubs starter to begin a season with at least nine straight quality starts was Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown in 1908. "Wood was throwing the ball well today," Murphy said. "He didnt make a whole lot of mistakes. The one that did, Juan did a great job capitalizing on it. It was an awesome first home run." The Mets cut the lead to 2-1 in the sixth on a walk to Gee, a forceout, a wild pitch and an RBI single by David Wright. The Cubs extended their lead to 3-1 in the bottom half on Ryan Sweeneys leadoff homer. It was his first home run since July 27, 2011, when he played for Oakland. Gee allowed three runs and eight hits in five innings. He has allowed nine runs in his last nine innings and hasnt won since May 1. "When hes making his pitches with his changeup, which is his No. 1 pitch anyway, hes effective," Collins said. Sweeney tried to stretch a leadoff double into a triple in the fourth but was thrown out at third. The Cubs also had leadoff doubles in the first and fifth. NOTES: The Cubs announced reliever Michael Bowden will be designated for assignment to make room for RHP Matt Garza, who is coming off the disabled list on Tuesday. ... Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo struck out in the first inning, ending 39 straight at-bats without a strikeout. ... Cubs RHP Carlos Villanueva was available. He moved to the bullpen to make room for Garza, who will make his season debut on Tuesday against Pittsburgh. Garza strained a back muscle in spring training. Villanueva (1-3) hasnt won since April 18. He has made 245 of his 309 career appearances as a reliever. 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PITTSBURGH -- Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin did his best to play through an ankle injury, but finally withdrew from the World Cup of Hockey tournament days before Team Canadas first meaningful game.Obviously disappointed, head coach Mike Babcock said Wednesday morning before Team Canadas final pre-tournament game against Russia.He said to us, You know I havent been very truthful, the coach said of Seguin, who tried to skate on the ankle Tuesday but found it wasnt healing the way hed hoped.Babcock said he has encountered this kind of situation during his previous stints as head coach of Canadas national team, at the Olympics in 2010 and 2014.Its the same; the guys dont tell you, the coach said. Why would they tell you? They want to go. They think theyre going to get better and theyre going to push through it, and he tried to push through it. But he said even yesterday, when he started pushing through it, it started heating up right away. Now I dont know what that means in medical terms but I know in coaching terms youre not doing very good.Seguin, 24, won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2015 world championship. This was supposed to be his second international competition for Team Canada. He said he was disappointed in statement released by the Stars on Tuesday.Any time your country calls, its a great honor and is something every kid from Canada dreams about getting the chance too do, he said.dddddddddddd While Im upset that I dont get the opportunity to play, I understand the situation Team Canada is in with a short tournament.Seguin was replaced by Buffalo Sabres center Ryan OReilly, who drove into Pittsburgh on Tuesday night and skated with his new teammates Wednesday morning. OReilly will skate on the teams fourth line with Claude Giroux and Joe Thornton -- with OReilly and Giroux expected to share duties at center.Crazy how quick things turn around here, OReilly said. Just trying to prepare for the season and now its here. Get ready to play a game tonight. Definitely exciting, though; Im glad Im here. Unfortunately its a guy getting injured, but I have a job to do.Team Canada opens the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday night in Toronto against the Czech Republic.A source told ESPNs Craig Custance on Tuesday that early indications are that Seguin shouldnt miss much of the Stars training camp with the injury.Seguin finished second in scoring for the Stars during the 2015-16 season, posting 33 goals and 40 assists for 73 points. He missed the final 10 games of the regular season with an Achilles tendon laceration. He played one game in the Stanley Cup playoffs.ESPNs Joe McDonald and?The Associated Press contributed to this report.? ' ' '