Mets Split Doubleheader with Brewers While Yankees Tease Without Pleasing

I thought that the Mets had a much better chance to win Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader than Game 2, so of course they ended up dropping the early game 7-2 before pulling off a surprising 7-3 win in the nightcap. New York might have even swept the pair of games from the Brewers if not for a Reed Garrett meltdown that allowed Milwaukee to come from behind in Game 1. The Mets were in control of that one after five innings with Clay Holmes having settled down after allowing a leadoff home run to Sal Frelick back in the first. There was even some competent offense on display by the home team with Luis Torrens executing a beautiful hit-and-run that put Jeff McNeil in position to score on a Brett Baty sac fly in the third. An inning later, Juan Soto stole second base following a leadoff walk and scored on Pete Alonso’s single up the middle.

All that proved to not be enough, though, since Reed Garrett allowed the first four batters he faced in the sixth inning to reach base. The streak culminated with Joey Ortiz and his sub-.600 OPS hitting a grand slam to instantly turn the game into a Brewers rout. Garrett had a great first two months of the season, but he has been unreliable lately.

Huascar Brazoban is another reliever who Mets fans have lost faith in lately, but he did a good job opening the second game of the doubleheader and pitching a scoreless inning to set the stage for Blade Tidwell. The strategy allowed Tidwell to last longer than four innings for the first time in the majors, but that seemed to be too much for him as Christian Yelich and Jackson Chourio began the sixth inning with back-to-back home runs. Fortunately, the Mets had already built a nice cushion thanks to their two-out rally off of Jacob Misiorowski in the second.

It had to be one of the most unlikely rallies of the season with Brett Baty and Ronnie Mauricio both walking before Hayden Senger reached on an infield single. Brandon Nimmo took advantage with a grand slam and Francisco Lindor pulled out of his slump with a solo shot to give the Mets a five-run frame. Lindor added two more RBI with a single in the sixth and a double in the eighth while Richard Lovelady, Ryne Stanek, and Edwin Diaz shut down Milwaukee for the final three innings.

If the Mets can defeat the Brewers again on Thursday night, they’ll win a series for the first time since their sweep of Washington in mid-June. Speaking of sweeps, the Yankees are in danger of being swept out of first place by the Blue Jays. Toronto has won three straight over their rivals to pull into a tie atop the American League East, and they play one more on Thursday night. Wednesday was nearly a triumphant victory for the Bombers, as they fell behind 8-0 in the first three innings before coming back to tie the game 9-9 in the eighth on a dramatic home run by Aaron Judge. However, the Jays regained the lead in the bottom half on a two-out wild pitch by Devin Williams and held on for the win.

The United States Men’s National Team also went ahead early and held on for a big win. Diego Luna scored twice in the first 15 minutes to give the US the edge in its Gold Cup semifinal match against Guatemala. The underdogs got on the board in the 80th minute, but it wasn’t enough to stop the US from coming away with a 2-1 win. We’ll probably play Mexico in the final unless El Tri chokes against Honduras.

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