Sean Manaea roughed up as playoff-hopeful Mets look sloppy again in loss to Brewers

MILWAUKEE — In 1 of the astir important games of the year, everything that could spell incorrect for the Mets went wrong.

There were booted balls and errant throws. The Milwaukee Brewers bullied Francisco Alvarez connected the basepaths earlier the catcher near the crippled with backmost spasms. Left-hander Sean Manaea, a catalyst successful the propulsion for a postseason berth, gave up a first-inning expansive slam to predominant Mets tormenter Rhys Hoskins successful the archetypal inning, and Francisco Lindor, playing for the archetypal clip successful 12 days, didn’t look similar himself.

The Mets mislaid 8-4 Friday nighttime astatine American Family Field, and the Atlanta Braves (87-71) cruised to an casual triumph implicit the Kansas City Royals, dropping the Mets (87-71) to the 3rd Wild Card spot successful the standings.

Mark Vientos deed his 27th location tally disconnected right-hander Frankie Montas successful the third, a two-run changeable that chopped the Milwaukee pb to 3 runs. It was the lone agleam spot successful the game.

It was the 2nd consecutive nonaccomplishment for the Amazins’ and portion 2 isn’t needfully a crushed to dependable the alarm, it was 2 sloppy losses successful 2 cardinal games.

The squad inactive showed fight. Down 5-2 successful the apical of the fourth, Alvarez battled Montas for 10 pitches with 2 connected and 2 out. The catcher laid disconnected a transportation conscionable beneath the portion with the number afloat and dropped his bat reasoning Montas threw him shot 4, but location sheet umpire Ramon De Jesus called it onslaught 3. Manager Carlos Mendoza was promptly tossed for arguing balls and strikes.

The Brewers (91-68) rallied for different tally successful the bottommost of the inning. With 2 outs, Vientos missed a dribbler from Brice Turang, extending the inning. Manaea gave up a treble to Garrett Mitchell and Turang held up astatine third. Second baseman Jose Iglesias made a fantastic diving halt connected a hard grounder from standout rookie Jackson Chourio conscionable beyond the dirt, flipping the shot to Pete Alonso from his knees.

Alonso dove to marque the prime a divided 2nd aft Chourio tagged the basal and Turang came home. The Mets challenged the telephone but it was confirmed connected review. Jose Butto relieved Manaea (12-6), who made his shortest commencement successful much than a period going lone 3 2/3 innings. He was charged with six runs (five earned) connected 7 hits, walking 2 and striking retired one.

Turang went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a walk, 3 runs scored and 3 stolen bases. He scored again successful the sixth to enactment Milwaukee up by 5 runs, swiping his 3rd bag, past advancing connected a passed shot and scoring connected a chaotic pitch.

Alvarez was injured successful the apical of the seventh, sliding into 3rd base. He grabbed his backmost and walked disconnected the tract with the assistance of a trainer and was replaced by Luis Torrens.

The Mets loaded the bases connected left-hander Hoby Milner successful the apical of the eighth with 1 out. Brandon Nimmo scored connected a sacrifice alert and Pete Alonso scored erstwhile Turang dropped a alert shot deed by J.D. Martinez. But the Brewers replaced Milner with right-hander Trevor Megill, the member of Mets’ right-hander Tylor Megill, who induced a rally-killing pop-up to Torrens.

Gary Sanchez, the erstwhile Yankees catcher who had a little stint with the Mets past season, enactment the crippled distant with a monolithic location tally disconnected Alex Young successful the bottommost of the inning.

Lindor went 2-for-4 with a locomotion successful his archetypal crippled since Sept. 15. He was besides charged with an mistake and looked to beryllium successful symptom astatine times.