The Milwaukee Brewers have the best record in baseball (82-51) and the fewest home runs (121).
If you are wondering how, the second inning at Citi Field Wednesday provided an example. Six consecutive singles off Robert Stock (0-3) plated four runs. Brice Turang went off the script in the fourth with a three-run homer, and Milwaukee cruised to an 8-1 victory over the Mets (60-73), who looked the part of a team playing out the string.
Stock’s final line: seven earned runs on 10 hits over four innings. He will lug a 7.40 ERA into his next outing and continue the search for his first win in seven years.
Francisco Alvarez connected for an RBI single in the fourth for the New York run.
Chayce McDermott allowed one run on three hits over two innings. Jefry Yan pitched two scoreless innings and fanned two. Dedniel Núñez tossed a perfect ninth.
Bo Bichette was removed from the game in the fifth with a left foot bruise. He fouled a ball off his foot in the third. Brett Baty moved from left field to third base and Christopher Morel entered to play left.
Brewers starter Dustin May was knocked out of the game after his first pitch. A.J. Ewing hit a line drive (106 mph exit velocity) off his back, which was later announced as a right scapula contusion. The carom went to third baseman David Hamilton, who threw Ewing out at first. Lefty Robert Gasser (4-5) came in and threw 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball and struck out six.
The last time a pitcher exited after one pitch was in 2021 when Pablo Lopez of the Marlins was ejected after hitting Ronald Acuña Jr., per SNY.
Stats of the Game
Ewing stole two bases to become the fourth Met rookie to swipe 20 in a season. The others: Gregg Jefferies (21 in 1989), Mookie Wilson (24 in 1981) and Lee Mazzilli (22 in 1977).
The last time the Brewers singled six straight times was in 1998, per SNY.
Player of the Game
He’s not a player, but Knicks announcer/Met fan Mike Breen joined the SNY booth and said that enduring seasons like this are what make championships even sweeter. Let’s hope to find that out soon.
On Deck
Styles collide when Sean Manaea (4-5, 4.31 ERA), whose four-seam fastball averages 91.2 mph, faces Cy Young favorite Jacob Misiorowski, (13-5, 1.68 ERA), whose four-seamer averages 100.6 mph. Game time is 7:10 p.m. ET on SNY.
