Milwaukee Brewers vs New York Mets Match Player Stats On May 30, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 31, 2017

NEW YORK -- Jay Bruce's RBI single in the 12th inning lifted the New York Mets to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Citi Field.

The Mets (23-27) have won three straight and four of five. The Brewers (27-25) have lost seven of nine.

T.J. Rivera led off the 12th with a pinch-hit single off Wily Peralta (5-4). Michael Conforto then drew a walk and was forced at second on Jose Reyes' grounder to first as Rivera moved to third.

Bruce, who was hitless in his first five at-bats, laced a clean single up the middle past diving shortstop Orlando Arcia to cap a marathon that lasted 4 hours, 24 minutes.

Left-hander Josh Smoker (1-2) earned the win by striking out four over three scoreless innings.

The 12th inning rally negated a rough seventh inning for the Mets. New York carried a 4-1 lead into the seventh, when the Brewers drew three walks and recorded a single before tying the game when Eric Thames and Hernan Perez scored as shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera dropped what should have been the third out, a popup by Jett Bandy.

Cabrera had three hits, including an RBI double in the fifth, when Jose Reyes drew the go-ahead, bases-loaded walk. Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer in the sixth for the Mets. Neil Walker and Curtis Granderson each had two hits. Walker's second hit was the 1,000th of his career.

Travis Shaw had an RBI double in the first for the Brewers, and Domingo Santana worked a bases-loaded walk in the sixth immediately before Bandy's fateful popup. Arcia had three hits while Thames, Perez and Shaw each had two hits.

Mets right-hander Tyler Pill, making his first major league start, left in line for the win. He allowed one run on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings.

Brewers right-hander Zach Davies allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one over five innings.

NOTES: Mets LF Yoenis Cespedes (left hamstring, right quad) took 40 swings at the team's spring training complex in Florida. The Mets hope Cespedes can return to the big league team next week. ... Mets RHP Fernando Salas, who turned 32 on Tuesday, recorded his first career hit with a single in the sixth inning. ... Brewers SS Orlando Arcia extended his hitting streak to a career-high 10 games. ... Brewers 1B Eric Thames snapped an 0-for-19 skid with a first-inning single.