The Mets were walked off the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Sunday afternoon at American Family Ballpark.
– Quinn Priester has been dominant for the Brewers this season, but the Mets’ offense was able to jump all over him in this one, putting a run on the board in each of his five innings of work. Juan Soto and Jeff McNeil got things started with run scoring knocks in the top of the first.
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Brett Baty led off the second with an opposite-field blast, Ronny Mauricio delivered a two out RBI single in the third, Cedric Mullins went the other way for his first home run as a Met leading off the fifth, then Pete Alonso drove in Soto with a double in the fifth.
– Sean Manaea pitched well after being handed the early advantage. He danced around a one out double in the first and then a two out walk in the second, before putting together his first clean inning of work. As was the case in his last outing, though, the lefty showed some signs of fatigue late.
William Contreras got the Brewers on the board with a solo shot in the fourth. Milwaukee then loaded the bases with a double, single and two out walk and Joey Ortiz cut further into the deficit with a two-run single.
Manaea came back for the fifth, but was pulled after allowing a leadoff hit. Reed Garrett entered and immediately allowed a two-run shot to Contreras to cut into the lead and close Manaea’s line with four runs allowed on six hits and two walks.
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No Mets starter (or bulk arm) completed five innings during the three-game weekend set.
– New York’s offense wasn’t able to get much of anything going against the Brewers’ bullpen after they chased Priester. Lefty D.L. Hall allowed just two walks across 3.2 stellar innings then Nick Mears followed that with a hitless inning of his own in the ninth.
– New York’s bullpen was very strong behind Garrett and Manaea, but again broke down late. Brooks Raley put together an easy sixth, Tyler Rogers then worked his way out of a first and third one out jam with some help from an inning-ending double play ball.
Ryan Helsley also pushed the tying run into scoring position in the eighth, and he got a big eight-pitch strikeout, but Ortiz came through with a two out opposite-field RBI single off of Alonso’s glove. Edwin Diaz battled some command issues but escaped with things evened at six.
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Diaz then allowed a walk-off homer to Isaac Collins leading off the bottom of the ninth.
Collins had three knocks on the day, the last of which was the walk-off blast.
The Mets return to Citi Field to start a homestand against the Braves on Monday at 7:10 p.m.
Clay Holmes (9-6, 3.46 ERA) takes the mound against Atlanta ace Spencer Strider (5-9, 4.04 ERA).
