After winning three in a row, the New York Mets fell to the Milwaukee Brewers in the third game of a four-game series on the road.
The New York Mets scored first at the top of the second inning, but the Brewers were quick to tie it up. The Brewers took the lead at the bottom of the third and added two more in the bottom of the fourth. Two more runs at the bottom of the seventh added insult to injury to the loss as the Brewers won 7 – 4. The Mets had 7 hits to the Brewers 8, but once again hit double digits in the left on base column.
The Mets Logan Verrett started the game, but got hit pretty hard. Overall, the Brewers homered FIVE times, with Ryan Braun responsible for two of them – hitting his 24th career homer. Chris Carter and Scooter Gennett also hit homeruns and, not wanting to be left out in the “I can pitch, but I can hit too,” committee, Brewers Wily Peralta knocked one out of the park too. Let’s stop and think about the fact that he hit it 429 feet – that’s not a typo.
Verrett said in an interview, “Whenever I fell behind a little bit, if you go back and look at the video of all three of those home runs, they’re right down the middle,” said Verrett, whose ERA as a starter jumped to 5.79. “It’s hard for them not to barrel it up.”
Verrett only pitched 89 pitches before he ended his night, giving up four hits and five runs. He walked four and struck out five.
The Brewers won their first game this season against the Mets in six tries.
The New York Mets Neil Walker – who was hit in the chest with a 100+ mile per hour ball the other day that made him lightheaded — left the game with lower-back soreness. “It’s frustrating because you’re trying to help the team win, trying to help the team in any way,” said Walker, who will not play in Sunday’s series finale.
On day two of the draft, New York picked third baseman Blake Tiberi from Louisville in the third round and Standford 6-9 righthander Christopher Viall in the sixth round. They also selected college pitchers Justin Dunn and Anthony Kay in the Draft’s first two rounds highlighted a three-day event that saw the Mets stock up on college players.
In an interview, “We selected all college players not by design, just by how the Draft fell,” Tommy Tanous said in particular of the Draft’s first two days, encompassing Rounds 3-10. “We were certainly positioned to take quite a few high school players. They were either selected in front of us, or due to some signability or other issues, we didn’t take them. It was certainly not by design. But we were happy with the highly advanced players we got.”
In Sunday’s last game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Steven Matz will take the mound. In an interview, he said he “had nothing” last Tuesday, losing for the first time in eight starts. According to MLB.com, he’ll look to rebound against a Brewers team he has already beaten once this season, striking out eight over seven innings of two-run ball May 20 at Citi Field.
He’ll face Zach Davies who recorded 34 outs between hits in his past two starts against the Cardinals and A’s. Both were gems; against the Cardinals, Davies worked eight scoreless innings with three hits. Against the A’s, he carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning.
According to the Mets website, in the bullpen Jeurys Familia has 21 saves, the most in the majors and is 21-21 in save opportunities in 2016. Familia has saved 37 consecutive games in the regular season dating to August 1, 2015, extending a franchise-record. It is the second-longest active streak in the major leagues (Arizona’s Brad Ziegler has saved 39 straight opportunities). Familia’s 21 consecutive saves to open the season is the second-longest streak to open a season in franchise history. Armando Benitez (24 in 2001).
