The Mets beat the Brewers 2-1 to finish series

The Mets beat the Brewers 2-1 to finish series


The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the final score was 2-1. Jeremy Hefner started for the Mets and pitched very well. Josh Satin led the offense with three hits.

Hefner pitched seven innings giving up two hits and a run. He walked one and struck out eight and earned his fourth win of the season. Josh Edgin pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and Bobby Parnell saved his 15th game of the season. Parnell pitched a 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk.

Eric Young Jr. had a couple of hits, /Daniel Murphy had a hit and David Wright had two hits. Marlon Byrd had two hits, Satin had three hits and an RBI and Andrew Brown had a hit and drew a walk. Hefner drew a walk; Satin hit two doubles and the Mets were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Satin and Young each had a stolen base.

Tom Gorzelanny took his second loss of the season. He pitched six innings giving up eight hits and two runs, none of them earned. He walked none and struck out eight, Michael Gonzalez pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk and Brandon Kintzler pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk. John Axford pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out one.

Norichika Aoki had a hit, Carlos Gomez drew a walk and Jonathan Lucroy had a hit and an RBI. Juan Francisco drew a walk, Sean Halton had a hit and Lucroy hit a homerun. The Brewers were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Gomez and Aoki each had a stolen base and Francisco committed two errors.

In the fourth Brown hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the sixth Satin hit an RBI double to make it a 2-0 game. The Brewers scored a run in the seventh on a Lucroy solo homerun to make it 2-1. 2-1 would be the final score.

The Mets record improved to 37-48 and the Brewers record fell to 35-52. The Mets will head to San Francisco to begin a three game series on Monday night.