Josh Hader, who hadn't pitched in six days, took over in the ninth and put the Mets down in order.Īs for the exhale factor of finally winning a game and watching the magic number go down a click, Yelich said, "You always want to win. Left-hander Brent Suter took over for Lauer and pitched through the eighth inning. "I was trying to give that subtle little hint that everyone apparently saw. I really wanted to go for that career high strikeout. C’mon.’ I didn’t think that one hit should have taken me out of the game," Lauer said. It was his 39th pitch, including 17 after the Adames error kept the Mets alive. Michael Conforto drew a walk and Jonathan Villar singled to right to load the bases before Lauer struck out James McCann to finally end the inning.
That error was costly for Lauer in terms of pitch count but, luckily for the Brewers, not additional runs. Lauer should have put down the next three hitters in order but shortstop Willy Adames overthrew first base after fielding Pete Alonso’s two-out bouncer up the middle. That one scored quickly with leadoff hitter Brandon Nimmo belting a triple to right-center and scoring on Francisco Lindor’s groundout to short. The first inning did not go as Lauer hoped but he managed to stop a complete meltdown, allowing just one run. Obviously, the first inning made it a little precarious, but to deliver that after the first inning, that length, we really had to have it. "He continues to be really key for us, and on a night we needed length from our starter. I thought he was just in command of everything and working on top of the zone and his cutter was really good tonight. Second through seventh (innings), as good as you’re going to see somebody pitch all year. "The error got us in trouble I’m not sure how many pitches it added. But he was outstanding. "He threw the ball well all night," Counsell said. Over his last 14 outings (13 starts), Lauer has posted a 1.78 ERA. Lauer allowed only three hits and one run while matching his career high of nine strikeouts and lowering his earned run average to 2.93 for the season. But he was on cruise control after the first inning, allowing only one hit and one walk before departing after retiring 18 of the last 20 hitters he faced. With the bullpen thinned by workloads and an injury to Devin Williams, manager Craig Counsell allowed Lauer to throw a career-high 114 pitches. Yelich also walked and tripled to at least temporarily halt a September slump in which he was batting. The Brewers backed Lauer with three home runs, including the first one by Christian Yelich in more than a month. We’re kind of jumping right back on the horse here."
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"But to be able to turn that page and let that series go, I think it’s going to bode well for us moving forward. "We got a little stagnant there with the Cardinals.
The Dodgers are the top seed in the NL and will play either the Mets or Padres."It was nice as a team pick-me-up," Lauer said. If the playoffs started today, they would have a first round bye and would play either the Phillies or the Cardinals in the NLDS starting on October 11. The Braves’ magic number to clinch the NL East and the No. Things still aren’t in stone in the National League’s playoff picture, but it is starting to come into focus. The Padres will close things out at home against the Giants. The Brewers will host the Diamondbacks starting Monday while the Phillies will travel to Houston to take on the Astros.
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The Phillies defeated the Nationals, 8-1 Sunday and are now just a game back of the Padres and lead the Brewers by two full games. The Padres fell to the White Sox Sunday, but cliched a spot in the postseason thanks to Brewers’ loss to the Marlins. A win by Atlanta or a loss by New York, who will close out the season against the Nationals, will give the Braves a fifth-straight division title and the No. Their win Sunday night gave them a 10-9 edge in the season series against the Mets and thus cut their magic number to clinch the NL East to just one. The Braves will head to Miami where they will begin a three-game series against the Marlins on Monday. Elsewhere, the San Diego Padres clinched a spot in the postseason while the Philadelphia Phillies tightened their grip on the final wild card spot. The Braves completed a three-game sweep of the New York Mets with a 5-3 win on Sunday and now lead the NL East division by two full games with three to play. As the 2022 MLB regular season enters its final three days, the Atlanta Braves are on the cusp of another division championship.
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