Watch: Brewers’ Manny Pina Hits Three-Run Homer In 11-9 Win Vs Mets For Series Sweep

Manny Pina proved to be Milwaukee’s hero on Mother’s Day by blasting a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Brewers to an 11-9 home victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.

Brewers’ Manny Pina hits three-run homer in 11-9 Win vs Mets

The 29-year-old Venezuelan catcher’s blast off closer Addison Reed cleared the left-field fence and erased the Mets’ 9-8 lead in the bottom of the eighth, during which the Brewers scored five runs.  Milwaukee (21-17, 2nd in NL Central), which completed a three-game sweep of the Mets, has won six of seven games.

The game also marked the Brewers’ largest come-from-behind win since they overcame a 7-0 deficit in an 8-7 victory in Minnesota on July 2, 2011.

“I don’t know if I’ve seen anything like that,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “We just kind of chipped away. They answered back. The eighth inning, that was absolutely incredible. Great at-bats by a whole bunch of guys.”

Milwaukee also reached an MLB-leading 63 home runs this season following Pina’s blast.

Keon Broxton and Jonathan Villar ignited the Brewers’ comeback with two-run homers in the sixth and seventh respectively.

Reed took the loss after Pina’s homer. The Mets used four different relievers Sunday, all of whom allowed at least one run. Mets manager Terry Collins knew his team would struggle given closer Jeurys Familia was ruled out for 3-4 months this weekend due to an arterial clot in his shoulder that required surgery.

“This is the big leagues,” Collins said. “Their job is to come in and get outs. When you call upon them, they got to come in and do the job.

“We didn’t get an out when we needed an out. We didn’t make a pitch when we needed a pitch.”

Michael Conforto scored for runs and drove in three for the Mets (16-20, second in NL East), who have lost four straight games and five of eight.

Conforto hit a solo homer in the first inning to give New York a 1-0 lead, then walked and scored on Rene Rivera’s two-run single up the middle in the fourth to put the Mets up 3-1. Conforto also doubled home two runs and then scored in New York’s four-run fifth. All those hits came off Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta. 

Neil Walker was thrown out by home-plate umpire Phil Cuzzi for arguing after popping out to shortstop in the top of the ninth inning.

“I was arguing balls and strikes,” the Mets second baseman said about his ejection. “It wasn’t just that at-bat. I felt like there were some calls missed, specifically on our side, so I decided to let him know.”

The Mets next begin a three-game road series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday at 9:40 pm EST. Zack Wheeler, who recently returned from Tommy John surgery, will take the mound for New York. The right-hander surrendered one run on two hits over six innings against San Francisco in his last start.

The Brewers will start a four-game series in San Diego on Monday at 9:10 pm CST. Righty Chase Anderson will start for Milwaukee.

Article by Pablo Mena