Freddy Peralta’s return to Milwaukee started with trouble and never really got any better for the Mets.
The Brewers jumped on him early, then kept adding on, and even after Jacob Misiorowski exited after the fourth inning, New York couldn’t find enough offense to make the night interesting. Milwaukee rolled to an 8-3 win.
The first inning set the tone. Bo Bichette spoiled any no-hitter thoughts for Misiorowski with an infield single that broke his bat, and Francisco Lindor followed with a single to left. Jorge Polanco then struck out to end the Mets’ brief opening push.
Peralta’s own first inning was far less clean. He walked Jackson Chourio with one out, then Brice Turang drove a ball over Jared Young’s head into the right-field corner for an RBI double.
After William Contreras struck out, Garrett Mitchell lined an RBI single into right field. Andrew Vaughn flied out to finish the frame, but Peralta was already at 24 pitches and the Brewers had a 2-0 lead.
Milwaukee kept stretching it from there. After the Mets went down in order in the second, Peralta opened the bottom half with a strikeout, then surrendered a home run to Cooper Pratt. Christian Yelich later lined a double over Juan Soto’s head in right field, though Chourio grounded out to leave him stranded.
New York got a run back in the third. Francisco Alvarez jumped on the first pitch he saw and singled to center.
A.J. Ewing reached when Vaughn mishandled a grounder, moving Alvarez to third, and even though Soto grounded into a double play, Alvarez scored.
Bichette worked a four-pitch walk, but Lindor flied out to end the inning.
The Brewers answered right away. With two outs in the bottom of the third, Mitchell doubled to left and Vaughn launched a home run over Luis Robert, Jr.’s head in center field to make it 5-1.
The fourth inning was the first one Milwaukee didn’t score in, but the Brewers still had traffic. Young opened with an infield single, Pratt singled to left and then stole second when Brett Baty couldn’t hold onto Alvarez’s throw. Pratt later advanced to third on a wild pitch that glanced off the edge of Alvarez’s glove before Peralta finally ended the inning by striking out Chourio.
Misiorowski’s night ended after four innings, and Craig Yoho took over in the fifth. The Mets did little with the change. Ewing walked with one out, but Soto and Bichette both struck out behind him.
Peralta returned for the fifth and worked a quick 1-2-3 inning, then came back out for the sixth. After getting the first out, he walked Jake Bauers and allowed a single to Cooper Pratt, which sent him to the dugout.
Xzavion Curry entered and immediately gave up a three-run homer to Joey Ortiz, Milwaukee’s third homer of the night. Curry walked Chourio before striking out Turang, but the damage was done: Brewers 8, Mets 1.
New York added a little something in the eighth. Soto drew a one-out walk, Bichette followed with a double to right, and Lindor’s groundout brought Soto home while moving Bichette to third.
Polanco then lined an RBI single to right to score Bichette. Young grounded out to end that chance, and the Mets finished with just three runs.
Curry handled the bottom of the eighth cleanly, and the game ended at 8-3 despite a single and stolen base from Alvarez.
The Mets will try again tomorrow with Zac Thornton on the mound. Brandon Sproat will start for the Brewers, and first pitch is set for 7:40 PM ET.
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