Mets Dominate Brewers in Game 1 of Wild Card Round

OMG!! The New York Mets keep rolling right along. About 24 hours after celebrating a dizzying, thrilling playoff clincher down in Atlanta the day before, the Mets kept pedal to the metal on Tuesday with an 8-4 thumping of the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of the NL Wild Card round.

Any thoughts of a hangover were quickly dissipated when the Mets erased a two-run deficit in the top of the second inning, Tuesday, platting three-runs to take a 3-2 lead.

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Former Brewer Jesse Winker turned the game on its head when he stayed on a fastball out of the over plate and laced it down the right field line, scoring both Mark Vientos and Pete Alonso to tie the proceedings at two.

The moment also led to a bizarre altercation between Winker and Milwaukee's Willy Adames, where the two were yelling back and forth at each other.

Regardless, Winker would eventually come in on a sac fly by Starling Marte to give the Mets the lead.

After Milwaukee regained the lead in the bottom half of the fourth inning, the Mets exploded for five runs in the top of the fifth inning. Jose Iglesias tied it on a RBI single, scoring Tyronne Taylor.

But the back-breakers came on a pair of two-run singles, one from Mark Vientos, the other by J.D. Martinez to blow the game open.

The Mets would never trail again.

Luis Severino, despite the early hiccups, settled in to toss six innings of four run ball (three earned) to get the victory.

The Mets also succeeded in resting their bullpen as Jose Butto and Ryne Staneck blanked the Brew Crew over the final three innings to seal the deal.

GAME 2 PREVIEW
The Mets have a shot to end the series on Wednesday night with a win in Game 2. Sean Manaea will get the ball against Frankie Montas. According to ESPN, which broadcast the game, teams that win Game 1 of the Wild Card series have advanced to the next round 88 percent of the time (14 of 16).

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