Mets-Brewers - Series Recap

The Mets take the two-game series over the Brewers, two games to one. The Brewers have now lost four series in a row. The Mets win the season series against the Brewers, 4-2.

Tuesday - Brewers win 4-2: This game felt like it never would end. Tom Glavine was going for his 300th career win. He was in line for the win in the bottom of the eighth inning when Bill Hall doubled against Guillermo Mota to score J.J. Hardy which tied the game at two. The Brewers had the first lead of the game when Hardy scored on a ground out by Prince Fielder. The Brewers would lead 1-0 until the sixth inning when David Wright singled home Jose Reyes. Two hitters later, Moises Alou hit a sac fly that scored Wright to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. Jeff Suppan went six and a third innings for the Brewers and gave up two runs.

The game went into extra innings tied at two and stay tied until the bottom of the 13th inning. That is when Geoff Jenkins hit a two-run game winning homer against Aaron Sele. The Brewers had plenty of chances before that inning but the bullpen pitched great for the Crew to kept them in the game until Jenkins won the game. Chris Spurling pitched two and a third scoreless innings gave up just two hits. Dave Bush picked up the win with after pitching a scoreless 13th inning for the Crew.

Wednesday- Mets win 8-5: This game started well for the Brewers but did not stay that way. The Brewers got the scoring going in the bottom of the first inning. Prince Fielder hit a 447-foot three-run homer to center field. It hit off the Miller Lite advertisement on the scoreboard. However, the Mets answered right back with four runs in second inning. Marlon Anderson had a RBI single and Ramon Castro hit a three-run homer off Claudio Vargas. The Brewers took the lead back in the bottom of the second inning. Corey Hart had a RBI single and then Hardy hit a single that scored Hart from first base because of a fielding error by Shawn Green. That lead would not last for the Brewers either. Anderson hit a three-run homer in the top of the third inning that chased Vargas from the game. He was replaced by Manny Parra who gave up only one run in six and a third innings of relief. Parra struck out eight and walked just one.

The Brewers could not get any closer than two runs for the rest of the game. Green extended the Mets' lead to three runs with a solo homer in the sixth run. The Brewers got the tying run to plate in the ninth inning against Billy Wagner but could not score any runs against him.

Thursday - Mets win 12-4: The rubber match started out with the Mets taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Carlos Delgado doubled home Wright for the first run of the game. Alou then brought home Delgado to give the Mets a 2-0 lead after one half inning. The Brewers tied the game at two with RBI singles from Tony Graffanino and Chris Capuano in the second inning. Corey Hart answered a Wright fifth inning home run with a homer of his own in the bottom of the inning. That home run tied the game at three.

The Mets took the lead for good in the sixth with a Damion Easley inside-the-park home run that also scored Alou. That gave the Mets a 5-3 lead. Capuano ended throwing six innings and gave up five runs while striking out eight Met hitters. The Mets picked up three more runs in the seventh inning off Carlos Villanueva. That wasn't all for the Mets. They scored four more runs in the ninth inning off Chris Spurling. Corey Hart added his second solo homer of the game in the bottom of the ninth to bring the final score to 12-4 Mets.