NEW YORK — Devin Williams struck out Starling Marte to strand the bases loaded within the ninth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for a 3-2 victory over the Mets on Thursday night time, dropping New York a season-high 9 video games beneath .500 on the midway level.
The $355 million Mets are 36-45 and have misplaced 18 of 24. New York hasn’t received a sequence since sweeping Philadelphia from May 30 by way of June 1 and have misplaced two in a row since proprietor Steve Cohen mentioned supervisor Buck Showalter and basic supervisor Billy Eppler weren’t in peril of shedding their jobs. New York is 9 video games beneath .500 for the primary time since Sept. 26, 2021.
“I felt like we were in it the entire time,” mentioned shortstop Francisco Lindor, who struck out twice and was 0 for 4. “We had a couple of chances to win the game. When you lose games by one you can’t just focus on the big picture of like the last inning. That at-bat, Marte there, he’s one of the best closers in the game. You start trying to figure out things that happen throughout the game.”
Last yr the Mets reached the midway mark at 51-30 earlier than shedding the NL East by getting swept in a three-game sequence at Atlanta on the ultimate weekend.
Williams loaded the bases when he walked Brandon Nimmo. He struck out Marte with three straight changeups – two of them out of the strike zone – for his third save of the sequence and sixteenth in 17 possibilities this season.
“Williams is good and when you got a guy whose changeup is the out pitch, any over aggressiveness plays right into his hand,” Showalter mentioned.
Williams had his twenty seventh scoreless look and completed off Milwaukee’s sixth win in seven video games towards the Mets. He wanted simply 19 pitches in his first two saves of the sequence on Monday and Wednesday.
“The situation never changes his execution level, and he feels like he’s in control of the inning and always doing what he wants to do and picking where he wants to be aggressive, where he wants to be careful and that’s just so impressive,” Milwaukee supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned.
Marte additionally hit the with bases loaded within the seventh and grounded into an inning-ending double play towards Elvis Peguero.
“We need a swinging bunt in that situation, a wild pitch, a break that kind of goes our way,” Showalter mentioned. “Right now we’re pretty snake-bitten with it but keep thinking tomorrow is the day that we get some footing.”
Victor Caratini hit a tying, two-run homer off Max Scherzer within the sixth inning and Brian Anderson hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly towards Dominic Leone within the seventh. The Brewers received for the ninth time in 13 video games and reached the midway level at 43-38.
“We’re in this thing and that’s what you want to be,” Counsell mentioned. “You want to be right in it. You want to give yourselves a shot and there’s no question we’ve done that.”
Caratini had two of Milwaukee’s seven hits off Scherzer and is 10 for 20 towards the 38-year-old, who allowed two runs and struck out 9 in six innings.
“Any time you lose by one, you always look at what could you have done to prevent one extra run from scoring and you’re always going to look at yourself what you could have done,” Scherzer mentioned. “It’s unfortunate that homer really kind of flipped the game a little bit.”
After Caratini hit his fourth homer, the Brewers went forward towards T.J. McFarland (0-1) and Leone.
William Contreras batted for Jesse Winker and hit an infield single, and McFarland grazed Willy Adames on the highest of the appropriate foot. After pinch-hitter Owen Miller legged out an infield single by beating shortstop Francisco Lindor’s throw, Anderson lifted a 375-foot fly ball to the warning observe in middle.
Brett Baty and Nimmo hit back-to-back homers within the third off Adrian Houser (3-2), who allowed two runs and 7 hits in six innings in his first begin since June 9.
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Scherzer appeared irritated at plate umpire Ron Kulpa throughout a examine for sticky substances after the fourth. Scherzer engaged in a prolonged dialog with Kulpa and shook his head 5 instances after reaching the dugout.
Afterward Scherzer mentioned the dialogue was over the PitchCom machine.
“I don’t know if this was the Brewers saying it but Ron was saying that when I’m on the mound in the stretch if I come and push the button while I’m on the mound, technically I’m coming set,” Scherzer mentioned. “I’m stopping. Whatever.”
Scherzer mentioned he has been urgent the button within the set place all season.
UP NEXT
Brewers: RHP Freddy Peralta (5-7, 4.88 ERA) opposes Oswaldo Bido (0-1, 3.45) within the opener of a three-game sequence in Pittsburgh on Friday.
Mets: RHP Carlos Carrasco (2-3, 6.19) opposes San Francisco RHP Alex Cobb (5-2, 3.09) Friday night time within the opener of New York’s closing residence sequence earlier than the All-Star break.
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