MLB

Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets

· Major League Baseball
Milwaukee Brewers
41-37, 19-19 Away
Final
2 - 1
New York Mets
35-43, 17-16 Home

Mets fall season-high 8 games under .500 as Wiemer's 2-run homer gives Brewers 2-1 win

“Win,” the manager said. “It’s not complicated.”

So far, not much has worked out. The Mets fell a season-worst eight games under .500 after Joey Wiemer hit a go-ahead, two-run homer to straightaway centerfield in the sixth inning that lifted the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory on Monday night.

New York, which won 101 games and shared the NL East title last year in Showalter’s first season, is 35-43 despite entering the season with a major league record $355 million payroll. The Mets have lost seven of nine and are 6-15 since completing a three-game sweep of Philadelphia on June 1 — their most recent series win.

“It’s always about now and the heck with what happened last year or or last week or tonight,” Showalter said. “You’ve got to get it fixed.”

Francisco Lindor hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth for the Mets, who trail NL East-leading Atlanta by 16 games and are 8 1/2 games back of the third wild card. New York is eight games under .500 for the first time since ending the 2021 season at 77-85.

“I don’t think anybody saw this coming, man,” said Mets starter Justin Verlander, who threw five scoreless but laborious innings and has a 4.11 ERA in 10 starts since signing an $86.7 million, two-year deal. “Disappointing. It’s disappointing for everybody in this room, I know. It’s disappointing for the fans. Just got to keep trying.”

Colin Rea (4-4) retired his first eight batters for the Brewers and allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings. Hoby Milner (four outs), Elvis Peguero (one) and Devon Williams (three) completed a three-hitter.

Williams got his 14th save in 15 chances as Milwaukee retired the final 11 Mets in order on just 34 pitches.

“Three hits — kind of tough,” Showalter said. “We pitched pretty well, all things considered. You’d like to take advantage of that, but we didn’t.”

Mileaukee stranded eight runners against Verlander, who gave up five hits and struck out five while throwing 100 pitches.

Wiemer’s 422-foot drive off Drew Smith (3-3) hit off the black fence surrounding the Mets’ celebratory home run apple and rolled about 50 feet away from centerfielder Brandon Nimmo.

“Feels good — put a good swing on a good pitch,” said Wiemer, who has 11 homers, tied with Cincinnati’s Spencer Steer for third-most among NL rookies.

The 6 1/3-inning stint was the longest of the season for Rea, who spent most of the last two years pitching in Japan.

“They were aggressive and he made good pitches early in the count,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.

Milwaukee (41-37) began the night a half-game behind first-place Cincinnati in the NL Central. The Brewers left 11 on base, two shy of their season-high.

“Little frustrating not scoring, we left a bunch of men on base. But if you get to a bullpen after five, there’s a chance," Counsell said. "And then, obviously, we had a big swing from Joey.”

RETURN OF THE MCFARLAND

The Mets recalled left-handed reliever T.J. McFarland from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned fellow southpaw Joshua Walker to the same affiliate. McFarland, who pitched for Showalter in Baltimore from 2013-16, was 2-2 with a 2.76 ERA in 23 games for Syracuse.

OOPS

Brewers shortstop Willy Adames created an amusing moment in the fifth, when he caught Francisco Álvarez’s popup and tried tossing the ball into the crowd only to throw it at protective netting. Fans good-naturedly booed Adames, who turned back and grinned as the ball was thrown around the diamond. Third baseman Luis Urías then tossed the ball over the netting into the crowd prior to Brett Baty’s at-bat.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Mets: RHP José Quintana (left rib), who threw four innings Sunday in his third rehab start for Class A Brooklyn, will make at least one more minor league appearance.

UP NEXT

The Mets are planning to recall LHP David Peterson (1-6, 8.08 ERA) to make a spot start Tuesday. Peterson is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in six starts for Triple-A Syracuse since being demoted on May 16. Brewers RHP Julio Teheran (2-2, 1.53 ERA) has given up just 23 hits over 35 1/3 innings in his first six starts for Milwaukee.

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Matchup Prediction

Mets: 68.3%
Brewers: 31.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Vogelbach fouled out to catcher.
9th Inning Alonso grounded out to shortstop.
9th Inning Lindor grounded out to second.
9th Inning Williams relieved Peguero
9th Inning Adames struck out swinging.
9th Inning Tellez grounded out to first.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 11
9 Strikeouts 5
2 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 3
1 Stolen Bases 1
5 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 1
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
34 At Bats 30
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
24 Runners Left On Base 5
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 0
11 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 0
184 Pitches 113
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
11 Total Bases 3
40 Plate Appearances 32
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
2 Extra Base Hits 0
4.2 Runs Created -0.7
.206 Batting Average .100
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.324 Slugging Percentage .100
.294 Secondary Average .067
.325 On Base Percentage .125
.649 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .225
1.3 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.7
4.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs -0.6
21.0 Batter Rating 8.0
34.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.60 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.53
.118 Isolated Power .000
0.56 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.20
.125 Walks Per Plate Appearance .031
.088 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.033
4.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.1
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.1
73.8 MLB Rating 59.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Citi Field

Location: Queens, New York
Attendance: 34,384 | Capacity:

2024 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 - L1
St. Louis 83 79 .512 10 W1
Chicago 83 79 .512 10 L1
Cincinnati 77 85 .475 16 W1
Pittsburgh 76 86 .469 17 L1

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 95 67 .586 - W1
Atlanta 89 73 .549 6 W1
New York 89 73 .549 6 L1
Washington 71 91 .438 24 L1
Miami 62 100 .383 33 W4
Full Standings