The New York Mets magic is very much alive. After clinching a playoff spot in epic fashion one day earlier, the Mets ambushed the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series on Tuesday in Milwaukee. Brewers manager Pat Murphy pulled starter Freddy Peralta before facing the Mets lineup a third time, and the Mets responded with five two-out runs in the fifth inning to pull ahead in an 8-4 win.
Advertisement It was a devastating sequence for the Brewers, who had drawn first blood in the game. They sent eight men to the plate in the first inning against Mets starter Luis Severino and scored twice. The last thing the Mets needed after a doubleheader Monday was a short start from Severino.
But the Mets answered immediately, with Jesse Winker ’s triple spurring a three-run second inning, and Severino settled in to deliver six innings of four-run baseball. It all unraveled for Milwaukee when Murphy went to reliever Joel Payamps in the fifth, leading by a run. With two outs, Jose Iglesias drove an RBI single to right field.
Lefty Aaron Ashby entered, and the next five batters reached base: Single, single, intentional walk, single, walk. It was Mark Vientos’ two-run knock that gave the Mets a lead they would not relinquish. Sean Manaea will take the ball in Game 2, with the Brewers on the brink of elimination.
The Brewers scored six runs, five earned, against him last week. – Stephen J. Nesbitt Getting six innings from Severino was huge By winning the first game o.