Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Mets Beat Brewers 8-4 In Game 1 of Wild Card Round Behind Five-Run Fifth Inning

 

Mets 2B Jose Iglesias (Photo Credits to Benny Sieu-Imagn Images)



The New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 this afternoon at American Family Field to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Wild Card series.

After a scoreless top of the first, 3B Mark Vientos singled to lead off the top of the second and then 1B Pete Alonso followed with a walk.

DH Jesse Winker then drove in Vientos and Alonso with a two-run triple and RF Starling Marte followed with a sacrifice fly.

The Met offense did not score in the top of the third and fourth, but then came alive again in the top of the fifth.

CF Tyrone Taylor doubled with one out and two batters later, SS Francisco Lindor walked.

2B Jose Iglesias then reached on an infield hit due to his hustle to first base which brought in the tyring run.

LF Brandon Nimmo followed with also reaching on an infield hit to load the bases and then Vientos delivered the go-ahead two-run single to score Iglesias and Lindor.

Vientos then advanced to second on a wild pitch.

Alonso followed with a intentional walk and then pinch-hitter J.D. Martinez came up and broke the game open with a two-run single.

RHP Luis Severino got off to a tough start in the bottom of the first after giving up two runs on a RBI single by catcher Wilson Contreras and hit 1B Rhys Hoskins to bring in another run.

Severino had scoreless innings in the bottom of the second and third, but then ran into more trouble in the bottom of the fourth.

He gave up a RBI single to LF Jackson Chourio and a RBI ground-out by Contreras.

Severino was able to settle down after that and finish up strong with scoreless innings in the bottom of the fifth and sixth and was taken out after that.

His final line was six innings, eight hits, four runs (three earned), two walks and three strikeouts.

He picked up the win.

RHP Jose Butto followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the seventh and eighth.

RHP Ryne Stanek closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 2 at the Brewers in Game 2 of the Wild Card round ay 7:38 p.m.

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