LES MISÉRABLES: Misiorowski Makes the Mets Miserable in 8-2 Brewers Win

Brewers 8 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY)

Mets record: 60-73

Mets streak: Lost 2

WP - Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)

LP - Sean Manaea (4-6)

Seat on the Korner: Jacob Misiorowski

We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets.

Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restaurant & Sports Bar.

With locations in Plainview and Farmingdale, The Main Event features 80+ HD TVs, fresh daily seafood, and Black Angus certified steaks—so you never have to choose between great food and the big game.

Tonight’s Seat on the Korner goes to Jacob Misiorowski. Despite not having his usual 100-plus-mph fastball and battling a wet pitching mound throughout the night, Misiorowski somehow managed to keep the Mets off balance and off the scoreboard when it mattered most. He worked six innings, allowing just two hits and two earned runs while walking six and striking out 6. It certainly wasn’t his cleanest outing of the season, but on a night when he didn’t have his best stuff—and Mother Nature seemed determined to make his job even harder—Misiorowski still found a way to get the job done. For that gutsy effort, Jacob Misiorowski earns the virtual seat next Ralph Kiner on the Korner. And for surviving the wet mound and a lineup that kept making him work, he leaves with a classic Members Only Jacket—because "When you put it on, something happens."

Need to Know

• Prior to tonights game RHP Xzavion Curry was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. RHP Chayce McDermott was optioned to Triple-A following last night's game.

• Tonight's game was the third of a 6-game homestand for the Mets (1-2 vs. Milwaukee, 3 vs. Houston)

• The Mets failed to solve an ongoing issue in this series. After going just 2-for-16 with runners in scoring position over the first two games of the series and having stranded 20 runners. The trend continued in the series finale as the Mets were

• Brewers starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski,made his 25th starts, he has thrown 151 innings with a 1.73 ERA, And then there are the strikeouts. Misiorowski added six more strikeouts to his league leading total with 222 punchouts.

• Sean Manaea got the starting assignment for New York. Overall, he has appeared in 28 games, including 14 starts, and has posted a 4.55 ERA, across 122.2 innings. Manaea's recent starts have been a mixed bag. He has now surrendered four or more earned runs in each of his last three outings, with the long ball doing considerable damage—six home runs have accounted for much of the trouble.

• Manaea had been giving the Mets length. His streak of having completed at least six innings came to an end at six , as he could not get through the sixth inning tonight.

• The Brewers Brice Turang  has absolutely owned Manaea and is 5-for-5 against him in his career, including two doubles. After going 1-for-3 with a three-run homer and two walks Wednesday, Turang was not in the starting lineup.

• The Mets remain in a good stretch despite the series loss. They are 13-8 (.619) over their last 21 games.

• There’s an old baseball saying that every time you go to the ballpark, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll see something you’ve never seen before. Tonight, that something came in the top of the seventh—and it was one we’re guessing nobody had on their scorecard. Brewers first-base coach Spencer Allen was late getting out to take his position at first, and the delay resulted in Luis Lara being charged with a strike because of a pitch-clock violation.

• The Mets have now dropped six of their last eight meetings with the Brewers. All-time, New York trails Milwaukee 90-94, including a 48-46 record against them at home.

  
  

Turning Point

The top of the second inning began innocently enough for Sean Manaea, with Sal Frelick grounding out to second baseman Marcus Semien for the first out. Cooper Pratt followed by striking out swinging, putting the Mets one out away from escaping the inning with the bases empty.

That’s when things went sideways.

David Hamilton dropped a soft bunt single in front of Manaea, an infield hit that kept the inning alive. It should have been the third out. Instead, Jackson Chourio made the Mets pay, launching a two-run homer to right-center field that scored Hamilton and suddenly put the Brewers ahead, 4-0.

Hamilton's two-out infield single was the play that changed everything. What should have been the final out of the inning became the spark for Chourio's two-run blast, giving Milwaukee a four-run cushion—one the Brewers would never surrender.

Three Keys

One Day More

One day after getting a well-deserved night off, Jackson Chourio apparently decided he had some catching up to do. The Brewers' young star put together a monster night, going 4-for-5 with two home runs, four RBI and four runs scored, including his 18th and 19th homers of the season. It marked the fifth multiple-home-run game of Chourio's career, and he was a one-man wrecking crew against the Mets. Sometimes a day off doesn't slow a player down—it just gives him an extra day to reload.

Look Down

Or maybe tonight it should have been “Look Up and Down.” Because if you scan up and down the Mets lineup, you’ll be hard-pressed to find much to feel good about. New York was held to just two hits all night, with Jared Young and Christopher Morel providing the only knocks, both coming in the fifth inning. The Mets drew just three walks and never generated any sustained offense against the Brewers. From the top of the order to the bottom, it was a pretty quiet night at the dish for the Metropolitans. Ironically, on Singles Night at Citi Field, the Mets managed to collect just two singles all night.

Master of the House

For the second straight night, the Mets were anything but masters of their own house. After surrendering eight runs in Wednesday’s 8-1 loss, the Metropolitans gave up another eight-spot tonight, the most runs at Citi Field since Kansas City scored 16 on July 7. The loss dropped the Mets to 31-37 at home this season, and after winning six of their previous nine at Citi Field, they suddenly find themselves looking for the keys to their own house.