Brewers force Wild Card Game 3 after Mets’ Phil Maton allows go-ahead homer to Garrett Mitchell in 8th

MILWAUKEE — The Mets‘ comeback magic lasted different 7 1/2 innings earlier the Milwaukee Brewers got the large deed they needed to enactment live successful the NL Wild Card series.

With the Mets holding connected to a 3-2 lead, right-hander Phil Maton gave up a game-tying location tally to rookie sensation Jackson Chourio successful the bottommost of the eighth, his 2nd of the game, and a huge, two-run go-ahead changeable to Garrett Mitchell. The Mets dropped the 2nd crippled of the series, 5-3, connected Wednesday nighttime astatine American Family Field.

Neither squad gave up overmuch offense. When the Mets had chances, the Brewers mostly made pugnacious pitches, but they besides failed to capitalize connected the chances they did have, going 2-for-11 with runners successful scoring presumption and leaving 9 connected base.

After immense comebacks Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the Mets couldn’t negociate another.

Devin Williams, 1 of the NL’s apical closers, retired the broadside successful bid to person the prevention and unit a decisive Game 3 connected Thursday.

The victor volition determination connected to look the Philadelphia Phillies successful the NLDS.

The Mets scrapped for 3 runs implicit the archetypal 2 innings against right-hander Frankie Montas, and the Brewers got the location tally from Chourio successful the bottommost of the first, and utilized Brice Turang’s legs to get the 2nd tally crossed successful the bottommost of the fifth.

Turang, who went 9-for-19 against the Mets during the regular play and 4-for-8 with a treble and 3 stolen bases successful 2 games implicit the weekend, ripped 1 down the near tract enactment to pb off. Left fielder Brandon Nimmo tried to play the shot disconnected the bounce erstwhile it caromed disconnected the wall, but it rolled past him. It was ruled a double, his 3rd of the series. He moved to 3rd connected a grounder by Chourio.

That was astir the clip the Mets got Reed Garrett up successful the bullpen. Blake Perkins deed a alert shot to erstwhile Milwaukee outfielder Tyrone Taylor successful halfway tract to people Turang. Francisco Lindor helped Sean Manaea get retired of it by making a pugnacious play connected a screaming grounder.

That was it for the pitcher that helped transportation the Mets’ pitching unit each summer. Manaea near aft 2 earned runs connected six hits implicit 5 innings. He struck retired 4 and didn’t let a walk.

The full crippled was excessively adjacent for comfort. The Mets person been playing this mode for weeks, with each transportation and each play carrying weight. And determination were times erstwhile it was evident that the Mets weren’t exceptionally comfortable.

With 2 connected and nary retired successful the apical of the six and the Mets holding a one-run lead, Taylor and Francisco Alvarez some swung astatine first-pitch sliders debased successful the portion from Joel Payamps. Both deed close into outs. After the Brewers intentionally walked Lindor, Jose Iglesias, 1 of the Mets’ champion hitters with runners successful scoring position, struck retired connected 4 pitches to strand the bases loaded.

Lindor, inactive playing connected an injured back, made immoderate dynamic plays astatine shortstop, including a spinning propulsion to get Sal Frelick retired successful the bottommost of the second, and a sliding halt connected a 110.1 MPH grounder from William Contreras, the play that ended the fifth. But determination were a fewer different plays wherever it was evident helium was dealing with discomfort: diving stops wherever helium was dilatory to get up and a groundball that got done the mediate aft helium was lone astir a half-step distant from grabbing.

Still, the Mets held a pb until Chourio’s 2nd homer of the game.

Montas went conscionable 3 2/3 innings, allowing 3 runs (one earned), walking 1 and striking retired three.