The New York Mets lose to the Brewers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-1.  Jake deGrom started for the Mets and pitched ok and the bullpen was good.  Curtis Granderson had a couple of hits. 

deGrom pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up nine hits and three runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  He lost his third game of the season.  Josh Edgin faced one batter and retired him, Carlos Torres pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a walk with a strikeout and Dana Eveland pitched 1/3 of an inning striking out one.  Vic Black pitched an inning giving up a walk. 

Wily Peralta won his sixth game of the season pitching 6 1/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and three strikeouts.  Zach Duke faced one batter and retired him, Rob Wooten pitched to one batter and retired him and Will Smith pitched an inning giving up a hit.  Francisco Rodriguez earned his 20th save of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. 

Daniel Murphy had a hit, Granderson had two hits and Bobby Abreu had a hit.  Lucas Duda had an RBI, Andrew Brown had a hit and Granderson hit a double.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.  Duda and Tejada each committed an error and den Dekker had an outfield assist. 

Scooter Gennett had two hits, Ryan Braun had a hit and drew two walks and Jonathan Lucroy had three hits and an RBI.  Carlos Gomez had two hits and an RBI, Aramis Ramirez had a hit and Khalil Davis had a hit.  Mark Reynolds drew a walk, Jean Segura had a hit and an RBI and Gennett, Ramirez and Lucroy each hit a double.  The Brewers were 4-15 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. 

Duda hit a sacrifice fly in the second giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third LuCroy had an RBI groundout to tie the game at one.  Segura hit an RBI single in the fourth to give the Brewers a 2-1 lead.  In the fifth Gomez hit an RBI single to make it 3-1 and that is the way the score would stay.  The two teams will play the rubber game of the three game series on Thursday night.