Brewers catapulted by home runs as Mets bullpen squanders late lead

The New York Mets were six outs distant from advancing to the National League Division Series, but thing ever comes casual for the Mets, it seems.

Phil Maton allowed some the game-tying and game-winning location runs successful the bottommost of the eighth inning to springiness the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-3 triumph and nonstop their chaotic paper bid into a decisive Game 3.

The Mets held a 3-2 pb going into the eighth inning, but lead-off hitter Jackson Chourio, who apt could beryllium the National League Rookie of the Year, blasted the archetypal transportation of the framework implicit the close tract partition to necktie the crippled for his 2nd homer of the night.

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Garrett Mitchell #5 of the Milwaukee Brewers celebrates aft hitting a location tally successful the eighth inning against the New York Mets during Game 2 of the Wild Card Series astatine American Family Field connected October 02, 2024, successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin.   (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

With a deficiency of bullpen options, Maton remained successful the game, but 4 batters later, Garrett Mitchell, who had pinch-run for Gary Sanchez prior, belted a two-run changeable of his ain to springiness Milwaukee the lead.

New York scored 1 successful the archetypal and 2 successful the second, but were blanked successful the last 7 innings. With the bases loaded successful the sixth inning, Jose Iglesias struck out, proving to beryllium costly aboriginal on. The archetypal six batters successful the Mets' lineup combined to spell 4-for-21.

The Milwaukee relievers, though, combined to flip 5.1 innings of scoreless shot aft Frankie Montas went conscionable 3.2 frames, facing the Mets lineup conscionable twice.

Willy Adames #27, Garrett Mitchell #5, and Rhys Hoskins #12 of the Milwaukee Brewers observe aft Mitchell deed a location tally successful the eighth inning against the New York Mets during Game Two of the Wild Card Series astatine American Family Field connected October 02, 2024 successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (John Fisher/Getty Images)

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New York volition person Jose Quintana (10-10, 3.75 ERA) starting successful Game 3 portion Milwaukee volition spell with Tobias Myers (9-6, 3.00 ERA). 

A triumph for New York would enactment them successful the NLDS for the archetypal clip since they won the pennant successful 2015 — Milwaukee past made it successful 2021.

Willy Adames #27, Garrett Mitchell #5, and Rhys Hoskins #12 of the Milwaukee Brewers observe aft Mitchell deed a location tally successful the eighth inning against the New York Mets during Game Two of the Wild Card Series astatine American Family Field connected October 02, 2024, successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (John Fisher/Getty Images)

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The victor of Thursday’s game, which figures to beryllium successful primetime arsenic each the different chaotic paper bid ended successful 2 games connected Wednesday, volition look the NL East champ Philadelphia Phillies, who are the No. 2 effect successful the National League.

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