. Sandwiched in between, Gsellman drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly. He also drew a bases-loaded walk from reliever Rob Scahill in the sixth, the eighth for New York this season after totaling three last year. Wilmer Flores added three hits for the Mets, who had a quick turnaround after landing in New York at 2 a.m. following Sunday night's victory at Pittsburgh. Still, they handed the surprising NL Central leaders their sixth loss in eight games as the teams opened a four-game series. Before the game, general manager Sandy Alderson said Gsellman (3-3) probably is headed back into a struggling bullpen when injured starters Steven Matz and Seth Lugo come off the disabled list, likely after one more minor league rehab outing apiece.''We do think he can help us there,'' Alderson said about Gsellman. ''With a 5.00 ERA in the bullpen, a lot of people can help us.''The relief corps came through this time, though. Rookie right-hander Paul Sewald fanned two in a perfect eighth, and Addison Reed got three outs for his seventh save in nine chances. Reed, who blew a save opportunity in his previous outing Saturday at Pittsburgh, gave up consecutive singles to start the ninth before retiring the next two batters - including two strikeouts. Domingo Santana homered on an 0-2 pitch from Gsellman, one day after hitting Milwaukee's first grand slam of the season during Sunday's victory over Arizona. That was the only earned run Gsellman permitted. He struck out five and walked two. Mets shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera committed a throwing error that led to the Brewers' first run on an RBI groundout by Keon Broxton. Cabrera, however, made amends with a single to start New York's three-run fifth. Garza gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Milwaukee swept three games from the Mets at home May 12-14. TRAINER'S ROOMBrewers: Slumping 1B-OF Eric Thames made his fourth start of the year in left field after getting a day off Sunday. He went 0 for 3 with a walk and is hitless in his last 19 at-bats. Mets: 2B Neil Walker was rested in favor of Flores. ... Rivera crouched in pain after getting hit on the right wrist but remained in the game. ... Matz and Lugo have both been sidelined all season with elbow trouble. ... Alderson said the team hopes slugger Yoenis Cespedes (strained left hamstring) will be ready to come off the disabled list in a week to 10 days - perhaps in time to be the DH during a two-game series at Texas that begins June 6. UP NEXTOne day after his 27th birthday, Mets RHP Tyler Pill (0-1) makes his first major league start Tuesday night against Brewers RHP Zach Davies (5-3, 5.33 ERA). Pill was called up from the minors Friday and lost in relief during his big league debut the following night at Pittsburgh. Davies is 2-0 with a 4.41 ERA in three career starts against New York, including an 11-4 win over Gsellman on May 13 at Miller Park.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Time: 4:10 PM EDT Venue: Citi Field, Flushing, NY, 11368 NEW YORK -- One of the National League's most surprising teams will visit one of the Senior Circuit's biggest disappointments on Monday afternoon when the Milwaukee Brewers head to Citi Field to face the host New York Mets in the opener of a four-game series. Both teams earned victories on Sunday. The Brewers beat the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 9-5 to split a four-game series, while the visiting Mets knocked off the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 to take two of three in the weekend set. The Brewers (27-23) won the final two games against the Diamondbacks to move 1 1/2 games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs atop the NL Central. Milwaukee, which hasn't won the division since it last reached the playoffs in 2011, lost five straight before the Saturday win." We're not surprised with ourselves," said Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson, who earned the victory Sunday by allowing one run and recording 10 strikeouts -- the second-best total of his career -- over seven innings. "We knew what we had in spring training. The energy's really good, and honestly, as long as we keep this energy and attitude, we can surprise a lot of people." The Brewers' hot start has been fueled by a lineup that has racked up 257 runs, the fourth most in the NL. However, Milwaukee's starting pitching might be coming around as well. Nelson was preceded in the rotation by Chase Anderson, who carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and earned the win Saturday in a 6-1 decision. Milwaukee starters have recorded a 3.13 ERA in the past five games." We talked about the starting pitcher, at some point in stretches in the season, (has to) be the part that carried us," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. The Mets (21-27) hope they are finally starting to get the performances they expected from their starters. New York made the World Series in 2015 and reached the NL wild-card game last season on the strength of dominant starting pitching, but they currently own the worst ERA in the majors (4.93). Struggling right-hander Matt Harvey had his best start in weeks on Sunday, when he allowed one run over six innings, to cap a weekend in which Mets starting pitchers gave up five runs over 20 1/3 innings." That's what we certainly anticipated coming out of (spring training in) Florida -- good starts out of our starters," Mets manager Terry Collins said. The Mets' Robert Gsellman (2-3, 6.45 ERA) will oppose the Brewers' Matt Garza (2-1, 3.60 ERA) on Memorial Day in a matchup of right-handers. Gsellman returned to the rotation last Wednesday following a brief demotion and didn't factor into the decision after allowing three runs over six innings as New York fell to the San Diego Padres, 6-5." We got a great start (Sunday)," Collins said. "And hopefully Robert gives us another one (Monday)." Garza had the lone hiccup for the Brewers over the last five games on Wednesday, when he took the loss after giving up a season-high six runs over 5 1/3 innings as Milwaukee dropped an 8-4 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays. Gsellman took the loss in his lone career start and appearance against the Brewers on May 13, when he allowed six runs (five earned) over four innings as the Mets fell 11-4 at Miller Park. Garza is 2-1 with a 4.60 ERA in five career starts against the Mets. The Brewers swept a three-game series against the Mets earlier this month in Milwaukee.
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