Mets vs. Brewers Game 12 Recap

Mets 3B Todd Frazier

The New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 tonight for their ninth consecutive win and improved their record to 11-1 on the season. The Mets offense got on the board early in the bottom of the first inning after LF Yoenis Cespedes drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single. 3B Todd Frazier hit his first homer of the season leading off in the bottom of the second inning. Frazier hit another solo homer in the bottom of the fourth inning. In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Mets broke it open with three runs. RF Jay Bruce drove CF Michael Conforto in with a RBI double. The next batter 1B Adrian Gonzalez drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Bruce came around to score the third run of the inning on a wild pitch.

LHP Steven Matz started out well with three scoreless innings, but ran into trouble of the top of the fourth inning after he gave up a two-run homer to 2B Hernan Perez. Matz responded with a 1-2-3 top of the fifth inning, but gave up another two-run homer to LF Ryan Braun in the top of the sixth inning. Matz's final line was 5.1 innings pitched, four runs (three earned) on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He picked up his first win of the season. RHP Seth Lugo came in and pitched a scoreless top of the sixth inning and came back out for the top of the seventh inning and allowed a solo homer to 3B Travis Shaw. Lugo got one out in the top of the eighth inning before being pulled for RHP A.J. Ramos. Ramos got the second out in the inning and then RHP Robert Gsellman appeared next to get the last out in the top of the eighth inning. RHP Jeurys Familia pitched a 1-2-3 top of the ninth inning to pick up his seventh save on the season.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night against the Brewers at 7:10 P.M.