Lindor Stars and Nimmo Slams as Mets Beat the Miz

Mets 7 Brewers 3 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY)

Mets record: 49-38

Mets streak: Won 1

Last 10: 3-7

WP - Blade Tidwell (1-1)

LP - Jacob Misiorowski (3-1)

Seat on the Korner: Francisco Lindor

We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.

On the night he learned he was named a starter on the National League All-Star team for the first time, Francisco Lindor had one of his best games of the season. Three hits, including a single, a double, and a home run, three RBIs (each with two outs), and a run scored, were enough to earn him a seat on the Korner. Batting second in the lineup for the first time all season, and playing DH (for most of the game), Lindor followed Brandon Nimmo's 2nd-inning two-out grand slam with a home run of his own, to put the Mets up 5-0.

He didn't stop there though. In the bottom of the 6th, after the Brewers had pulled within 5-3 in the top of the frame, Lindor, batting right-handed this time, lined a 2-out single to left to score Ronny Mauricio and put the Mets up 6-3.

Two innings later, Lindor did it again. This time batting lefty, Lindor capped off his night by doubling home Travis Jankowski to increase the Mets lead to the 7-3.

Need to Know

• Brandon Nimmo batted leadoff for just the third time this season. He led off the lineup 39 times last season, while 150 and 147 times in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

• Over his last 33 games, Nimmo is batting .320 (41-128), with 19 runs, 6 doubles, 8 home runs, 20 RBIs, 10 walks and 7 steals.

• With Juan Soto's Game 1 stolen base and Nimmo's Game 2 stolen base, Mets runners have now gone 66-76 in stolen base attempts in 2025, for a league best 86.8% success rate.

• This game was the second of a double-header. This is the Mets 35th double-header since 2021, the most in baseball.

• Of those 35 double-headers, they have swept 12, have been swept 4 times, and split 19, including today.

• Francisco Lindor now has 127 home runs as a Mets player, 9th on the all-time list, and only 5 behind Michael Conforto at number 8. Right behind Lindor is Nimmo, whose 126th home run untied him with Lucas Duda, putting him in sole possession of the 10th spot.

  
  

Turning Point

Following a somewhat unusual two-out rally to load the bases (more about that below), tonight's Mets leadoff batter, Brandon Nimmo walked up to home plate hoping to keep things going. The notably patient Nimmo didn't waste any time, launching a 96mph slider into the right field seats, and waking up a lineup, and a fanbase, who had been sleeping far too long.

The grand slam put the Mets up 4-0 and they never relinquished the lead.

Three Keys

Tidwell Enough

Tuesday's rainout caused some pitching rotation shuffling, ultimately leading to a "bullpen game" started by Huascar Brazoban. He threw a relatively painless (1 walk, 1 strikeout) first inning before handing the ball to Mets rookie Blade Tidwell. While Tidwell had shown some promise in his first three appearances (2 starts, 1 relief), the results haven't been there. Tonight though, Tidwell sailed through innings 2-5 before giving up back-to-back solo home runs to Christian Yelich and Jackson Chourio. While Tidwell was able to strike out Brice Turang for the first out in the inning, a Rhys Hoskins single knocked him out of the game. Hoskins eventually came around to score, so Tidwell's final line (4.1 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts) only tell part of the story. His four quality innings went a long way in sparing the bullpen additional use and put the Mets in position to hold on for the win.

The Mighty Pen

While Huascar Brazoban and Blade Tidwell starting things off right for the Mets, a bullpen game is called a bullpen game for a reason, and it took 4 more pitchers to finish off the Brewers. Dedniel Nunez came in to relieve Tidwell in the 6th and while he did give up a single and a run-scoring fielder's choice, he was able to strike out catcher Eric Haase to end the inning, and limit any damage. Richard (do/don't call me Dicky) Lovelady pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning with a strikeout of his own, and Ryan Stanek started the 8th with the Mets leading 6-3 at the time. Stanek gave up a leadoff single before striking out the next 2 batters. However, when he walked Caleb Durbin it brought the tying run to the plate, and Mets manager Carlos Mendoza called on closer Edwin Diaz to get them out the jam. Five pitches later, Mendoza's request was granted, as Diazz K'd pinch-hitter Jake Bauers to end the threat. Diaz closed out the game with a 1-2-3 inning.

In all, Nunez/Lovelady/Stanek/Diaz 3.2 innings, giving up 2 hits, 1 walk and 7 strikeouts.

Two-Out Magic

Not only were all 7 of tonight's Mets runs driven home with 2 outs, the rally to get the runners on base before Brandon Nimmo's grand slam all came with 2 outs as well.

The 2nd inning started out innocently enough for Milwaukee's impressive rookie pitcher, Jacob Misiorowski, a Jeff Mcneil groundout followed by a Tyrone Taylor fly out seemed to suggest that the lanky righty was rolling along. However, a Brett Baty walk, followed by a Ronny Mauricio walk, and suddenly the Mets had something going. Catcher Hayden Senger, the 9th batter in the Mets lineup, then stepped to the plate. Not only is Senger not known for his hitting, but righties in general haven't had much success against Misiorowski in his young career. Senger hit a shot that deflected off the pitcher's glove and headed towards second base, slowly. Brewers second baseman Brice Turang, tried to corral the ball while keeping a foot on second base, but the ball took a turn away at the last minute and all batters were safe. One pitch later, the Mets were up 4-0.