Aaron Ashby took over for Payamps, but didn’t retire any of the five batters he faced.
After Brandon Nimmo reached on an infield single, Vientos hit a two-run single to right. Ashby threw a wild pitch and intentionally walked Pete Alonso to load the bases before Martinez, batting for Winker, delivered a two-run single to right.
”They’re gritty hitters, man,” Ashby said. ”They’re two-strike, putting-the-ball-in-play and making things happen. … I’m coming in here that inning to strike guys out. I didn’t execute pitches the way I’m able to.”
The Brewers went down quietly after that. Chourio hit an RBI single in the fourth, but Mets pitchers retired the next 17 batters to end the game.
New York starter Luis Severino recovered nicely from a shaky start. He allowed eight hits and four runs — three earned — in six innings for the win. José Buttó threw two perfect innings and Ryne Stanek retired the side in order in the ninth.
”We’re not satisfied,” Severino said. ”We know the potential that we have in that clubhouse, and we want to go out there, and we’re going to fight. We’re going to fight until the end, and hopefully that end is going to be hopefully win the World Series.”