New York Mets salvage final game of series vs. the Milwaukee Brewers

The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-2.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he pitched well.  The Mets bullpen also pitched well and Todd Frazier had two hits to lead the offense. 

Matz pitched seven innings giving up five hits and two runs with no walks and four strikeouts.  Matz won his third game of the season.  Seth Lugo pitched an inning with three strikeouts and Edwin Diaz saved his eighth game of the season pitching an inning with a strikeout. 

Gio Gonzalez pitched five innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Matt Albers pitched an inning with two strikeouts, Jacob Barnes pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up an unearned run and a walk with a strikeout and Alex Claudio pitched giving up a hit and a walk without recording an out.  Aaron Wilkerson pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts. 

Jeff McNeil drew a walk, Pete Alonso had a hit and Juan Lagares drew a walk.  Frazier had two hits and an RBI, Wilson Ramos had a hit and Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk.   Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI, Michael Conforto drew two walks and Matz had a hit.  J.D. Davis had a hit and an RBI, Tomas Nido had a hit and two RBI.  Nido and Rosario each hit a double.  Alonso hit a triple and the Mets were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

Christian Yelich had a hit, Ben Gamel had a hit and Mike Moustakas had two hits and two RBI.  Orlando Arcia had a hit, Moustakas hit a homerun and the Brewers were 1-1 with runners in scoring position and left one man on base.  Gamel had a stolen base and he committed an error.  Gamel also had an outfield assist. 

In the first Frazier hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the second Rosario hit an RBI double and it was 2-0 Mets.  In the seventh Moustakas hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the bottom of the seventh Davis hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 3-2 lead.  In the eighth Nido hit a two-run double to push the Mets lead to 5-2 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets were able to salvage the final game of the series after losing the first two.  They will begin a four-game series at home on Monday vs. the Reds.