New York Mets lose in 18 innings to the Milwaukee Brewers

The New York Mets were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.  The game took place at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the final score was 4-3 in 18 innings.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he pitched well, the bullpen also pitched very well. Jeff McNeil had three hits and Pete Alonso had two hits to lead the offense. 

Wheeler pitched seven innings giving up six hits and two runs with a walk and ten strikeouts.  Daniel Zamora pitched a perfect inning, Seth Lugo pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out two and Edwin Diaz pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Drew Gagnon pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit, Ryan O’Rourke pitched 2/3 of an inning walking two and Robert Gsellman pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out four.  Chris Flexen pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with four walks and a strikeout and he lost his second game of the season. 

Gio Gonzalez pitched 5 1/3 innings giving up three hits and a run with seven strikeouts, Matt Albers pitched 1 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and Junior Guerra pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.  Jeremy Jeffress pitched a perfect inning, Corbin Burnes pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out one and Alex Claudio pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up wo hits and he struck out one.  Adrian Houser pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a walk and Taylor Williams pitched four innings giving up three hits and a run with three strikeouts and he won his first game of the season. 

McNeil had three hits and an RBI, Alonso had two hits and an RBI and Michael Conforto had a hit and drew a walk.  Wilson Ramos had a hit, Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI and Adeiny Hechavarria had two hits.  Rosario hit a triple and Alonso hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-3 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Hechavarria had a stolen base, Wheeler committed an error and Rosario committed two errors.  Ramos had a pickoff. 

Lorenzo Cain had a hit and an RBI, Eric Thames drew three walks and Mike Moustakas had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Yasmani Grandal drew a walk, Travis Shaw drew a walk and Ryan Braun had six hits and two RBI.  Ben Gamel had a hit and drew a walk, Orlando Arcia had a hit and Hernan Perez had a hit.  Moustakas hit a double and Braun hit two homeruns.  The Brewers were 3-14 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.  Thames was caught stealing and Braun had an outfield assist. 

In the second Rosario hit an RBI triple to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Cain hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Moustakas hit an RBI double and it was 2-1 Brewers.  In the ninth Alonso hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the top of the 18^th McNeil hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 3-2 lead and in the bottom of the 18^th Braun hit a two-run walk-off single to give the Brewers a 4-