Carlos Gomez scored the go-ahead run on a seventh-inning error, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the New York Mets 3-2 Tuesday night at Miller Park. Gilmartin pitching. Lind doubled to left, C.Gomez to third. The ball went into foul territory, caromed off the concrete wall beneath the padding through the legs of Michael Cuddyer and rolled out into left field.
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Gomez finished 1-for-2 with a walk. 500 after beating the Marlins on April 27, but have gradually watched that cushion wither. Jeremy Jeffress, Will Smith (3-0) and Francisco Rodriguez pooled together for three scoreless innings of relief.
Starter Jonathan Niese gave the Mets six choppy innings, holding the Brewers to two runs despite allowing eight hits. Milwaukee shortstop Jean Segura wiped out a one-run deficit an inning before with a sacrifice fly to center, but the Brewers left a runner stranded at third.
Cuddyer’s miscue an inning later hurt even more.
Brewers: Gomez went 1 for 2 with a walk and hit-by-pitch after missing two games in Colorado over the weekend.
Fiers threw a wild pitch that allowed Flores to advance from second to third with one out. Curtis Granderson’s fourth-inning home run was Nelson’s lone mistake as he improved to 4-8 this season.
The New York Mets have no answers offensively during a winless trip, though they could make strides facing a pitcher who has been battered at Miller Park.
As the offense searches for answers it does not help that d’Arnaud will be sidelined for at least two weeks with a left elbow strain.
The loss on the field wasn’t the Mets only one of the day as catcher Travis d’Arnaud landed on the disabled list with a sprained left elbow. The Mets won’t ever be confused for a championship contender, but what they do, they do a bit better than the Brewers.
The Brewers held a moment of silence for Hamilton prior to their first game since Hamilton was found dead Sunday in suburban Houston, the victim of an apparent murder-suicide.
The Mets are 36-36 and 2.5 games out of first place in the National League East.
Collins said he plans to address his team before today’s game. I need to be out there more often, ” Rodriguez said. One called talk of a dismissal “very premature”. “We’re sitting at.500. We’re not 15 games under”. He had missed nine of Milwaukee’s last 12 games while dealing with a sore right hip…. He almost came up with the highlight-reel catch, but stumbled at the warning track and crashed into the padded wall. New York’s franchise player David Wright has been sidelined since mid-April.
Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
“You’re living on the edge when you don’t have much to work with”, New York manager Terry Collins told reporters. 2B – Lind (16), H.Perez (4). S – Fiers. SF – Plawecki, Segura.
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Fiers was reached for six runs and eight hits in five innings against the defending American League champions. HBP – by Niese (C.Gomez), by Jeffress (Ceciliani).
