postGame: Mets 4 Brewers 2
The Mets (77–61) beat the Brewers (80-57) today by the score of 4-2 in Milwaukee.
For a recap, boxscore, stats, etc., go to SNY.tv.
Happy Labor Day!
The potential pitcher’s duel shaped up to be a good battle, but Ben Sheets left the game after five with tightness in his groin. Johan Santana continued on and went six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits but struck out a phenomenal ten batters. However, a valid balk call in the sixth forced in a run to give the ‘Brew Crew’ an early lead.
Mets pitchers had fifteen strikeouts today.
The Mets would fail to score until the seventh when Carlos Beltran crossed the plate after a wild pitch. The big blow would come in the eighth when the extremely fallible Eric Gagne entered the game. Daniel Murphy doubled and Carlos Delgado homered to deep right field to give the Mets the 3-2 lead.
Beltran followed with a single, and Ryan Church drove him home with a double to cap the scoring at three. Au revoir Gagne. Unfortunately, Beltran left the game with a right knee contusion soon after.
The Mets bullpen, dare I say it, looked great. Nelson Figueroa, who got the win, made his return to the bigs by pitching a scoreless seventh. Then, Pedro Feliciano and Joe Smith hurled a scoreless eighth to retain the lead. Luis Ayala then closed the game out to earn the save.
Jon Niese makes his major leage debut tomorrow at 8:05 p.m, facing off against Manny Parra (10-6).
