The Milwaukee Brewers got here from behind to even the best-of-three Nationwide League Wild Card Collection with the New York Mets, successful Sport 2, 5-3.
The Brewers offense got here alive within the eighth inning, powered by homers by Jackson Chourio and Garrett Mitchell to pressure a Sport 3. Listed here are three takeaways from the motion.
Offense confirmed up when it counted, however Brewers want extra consistency
With their backs towards the wall, the Brewers got here up massive, hitting two residence runs within the backside of the eighth to go forward 5-3. Nonetheless, 4 of Milwaukee’s 5 runs on Wednesday got here by way of the lengthy ball.
In Sport 1, the Brewers went hitless after the fourth inning, and for some time, it seemed like there can be a repeat of that in Sport 2. Earlier than the eighth-inning breakout, Milwaukee hadn’t scored since a sac-fly within the fifth, tallying seven hits whereas going 0-for-3 with runners in scoring place.
For the sequence, the Brewers are 4-of-16 with RISP. They had been bailed out Wednesday by the lengthy ball, however they’d be sensible to not rely on it shifting ahead.
