Milwaukee 9, NY Mets 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 15, 2012
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
74°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Layne, 1B -
Dan Bellino, 2B -
Mike Estabrook, 3B -
Larry Vanover
Attendance:
38108
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Brewers 9, Mets 6: Pinch hitter Logan Schafer delivered a two-run triple and Rickie Weeks added a two-run homer during a five-run fourth inning as Milwaukee posted its 10th win in 11 home games.
Ryan Braun had two hits and an RBI while pinch hitter Travis Ishikawa drove in a run with a triple for the Brewers, who climbed within 2 1/2 games of both Los Angeles and St. Louis for the second wild-card spot in the National League. The Cardinals dropped a 4-3 decision to the Dodgers on Saturday.
Milwaukee fell behind 4-1 as New York staged a three-run rally in the fourth. But Schafer plated two runs in the bottom half with his first career extra-base hit and scored on a wild pitch before Weeks, who added an RBI double in the seventh, belted his 20th homer for a 6-4 lead.
Brandon Kintzler (2-0) picked up the win in relief of starter Shaun Marcum, who yielded four runs and seven hits in four innings. New York's Jenrry Mejia (0-1) was tagged for five runs on six hits and five walks over three-plus frames in his first major-league start in exactly two years.
Ike Davis went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and Daniel Murphy collected three hits and an RBI for the Mets, who have lost seven of eight.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Weeks has reached the 20-homer plateau each of the last three seasons after hitting only nine in 2009. ... Mejia's best moment came in the fourth, when he perfectly executed a suicide squeeze to plate Jordany Valdespin for a 2-1 lead. ... Milwaukee 1B Corey Hart will be kept out of the starting lineup until at least Tuesday due to a left foot injury, but he may be available for pinch-hitting duty Sunday. Hart has not played since last Sunday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets |
|
Milwaukee |
Jenrry Mejia
|
Player |
Shaun Marcum |
Loss |
W/L |
No Decision |
3.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
0 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
6 |
Hits |
7 |
15.00 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
NY Mets
|
10 |
1 |
16 |
.294 |
15 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
Milwaukee
|
12 |
1 |
21 |
.353 |
17 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
3 |
1 |