Milwaukee Brewers vs New York Mets Game Player Stats and Box Scores for October 2

On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Mets entered Game 2 of their Wild Card series at American Family Field. The Mets had Sean Manaea take the mound as their starter, while the Brew Crew sent Frankie Montas against him.

Francisco Lindor took ball four and walked to first base to get things started. The Mets took to an early start at the top of the first inning as Brandon Nimmo drove in a run with a base hit. However, Jackson Chourio went deep to tie the game at the bottom of the first.

The Mets fought hard in the second inning as they racked up two runs to give the team a 3-1 lead. The Brewers managed to score one in the fifth inning and made several pitching changes. The Mets retired Manaea after five innings and brought in Reed Garrett.

The Mets squandered their lead at the bottom of the eighth as Chourio sent one to the stands. Following Chourio was Garrett Mitchell with a two-run blast. Despite their tough in-field defense, the Brew Crew took advantage of the Mets by smashing home runs.

Milwaukee Brewers vs New York Mets Game Player Stats

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mets	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
Brewers	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	-	5	11	1

Milwaukee Brewers' player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Chourio LF	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	11.5
B. Perkins CF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	.667	1.167	3.0
W. Contreras C	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.5
W. Adames SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1.5
G. Sanchez DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.5
G. Mitchell PR-DH	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	6.0
R. Hoskins 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-0.5
S. Frelick RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	1.0
J. Ortiz 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
B. Turang 2B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.625	.625	1.000	1.625	4.0
Total	32	5	11	5	3	5	10	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
F. Montas	3.2	6	3	1	1	3	2.45	1.91	4.5
T. Megill	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	4.5
J. Payamps	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	16.20	3.60	0.5
J. Koenig	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.50	1.0
J. Ross (W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.75	10.0
D. Williams (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	10.0
Total	9.0	8	3	1	4	7	-	-	-

New York Mets' player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
F. Lindor SS	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	.000	.300	.000	.300	3.0
J. Iglesias 2B-3B	5	1	1	0	0	2	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1.0
M. Vientos 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	0.5
L. Acuna 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
a- J. Winker PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	0.0
B. Nimmo LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	3.0
P. Alonso 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.500	.200	.700	0.5
J. Martinez DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	0.5
S. Marte RF	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	6.0
H. Bader CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
T. Taylor CF-RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.250	.375	.625	1.5
F. Alvarez C	4	0	1	1	0	1	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	1.5
Total	33	3	8	3	4	7	19	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Manaea	5.0	6	2	2	4	1	3.60	1.20	9.0
R. Garrett (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.00	2.5
R. Stanek (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0
P. Maton (L, 0-1) (BS, 1)	1.0	4	3	3	0	2	27.00	4.00	-9.0
Total	8.0	11	5	5	5	3	-	-	-

Jackson Chourio and Garrett Mitchell hit home runs tonight

Jackson Chourio smashed a comfortable home run to right field against Manaea and put his team on board in no time. Chourio was the bright spot on the Brewers squad after smashing his second home run against Phil Maton.

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Garrett Mitchell went deep with another two-run blast to give his team a 5-3 lead. Milwaukee retained their lead with ease as the Mets faltered to score more runs. Their victory will force the Mets to another Wild Card game. Milwaukee is predicted to send Tobias Myers to the mound as their starter tomorrow.

As for the Mets, they are coming off an unexpected loss and are yet to reveal their starting pitcher for Game 3. The winner of Game 3 will face the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS. Brewers fans were happy to see their team get back in the game with a hard-fought battle.

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