New York Mets lose second straight to the Milwaukee Brewers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-6.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and didn’t pitch well.  Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo each had three hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Syndergaard started for the Mets and pitched five innings giving up 10 hits and five runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Syndergaard lost his third game of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with two walks and two strikeouts, Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts. 

Brandon Woodruff pitched five innings giving up six hits and a run with a walk and six strikeouts.  He won his third game of the season.  Junior Guerra pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout, Alex Wilson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and Alex Claudio pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a strikeout.  Jeremy Jeffress pitched giving up two hits and a run with a walk and Josh Hader pitched two perfect innings with five strikeouts and he saved his sixth game of the season. 

Jeff McNeil had two hits, Alonso had three hits and three RBI, Michael Conforto drew a walk.  J.D. Davis had a hit and drew a walk, Nimmo had three hits and Amed Rosario had two hits and two RBI.  Travis d’Arnaud had a hit, Dom Smith drew a walk and Alonso and Rosario each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-12 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  McNeil was caught stealing.  Conforto and Alonso each committed an error and Conforto had an outfield assist.  d’Arnaud had a passed ball. 

Lorenzo Cain had three hits, Christian Yelich had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Mike Moustakas had two hits and an RBI.  Yasmani Grandal had a hit, an RBI an drew a walk, Travis Shaw drew a walk and Eric Thames had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk.  Orlando Arcia had a hit, Ben Gamel had two hits, an RBI and drew two walks.  Gamel hit a double and a homerun and Yelich hit a homerun and the Brewers were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. Moustakas, Grandal and Yelich each had a stolen base.  Cain was caught stealing, Moustakas committed an error and Gamel had an outfield assist.  Grandal had a passed ball. 

In the first Moustakas had an RBI ground out to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.  In the third Thames hit a two-run single to push the lead to 3-0 for the Brewers.  In the bottom of the third Conforto drew an RBI walk to cut the lead to 3-1.  In the fourth Gamel hit a homerun and Yelich hit a solo homerun to push their lead to 5-1.  In the sixth Moustakas hit an RBI single and it was 6-1.  In the seventh Rosario hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-2.  Alonso hit a three-run homerun and it was 6-5.  In the eighth Yelich hit an RBI single and Grandal hit an RBI ground out to extend their lead to 8-5.  In the bottom of the eighth Rosario hit an RBI single and it was 8-6 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will complete their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.