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POSTGAME AUDIO
• NED YOST
• MANNY PARRA
• RICKIE WEEKS
• GUILLERMO MOTA
• J.J. HARDY
• BRAD NELSON
• INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM REPORT

Two big throws and two bad ones cost the Brewers.  It was Carlos Beltran throwing out J.J. Hardy at home that prevented the Brewers from taking a 6-5 lead in the fourth.  Nick Evans threw out Rickie Weeks at second in the eighth that could have set up another potential chance to take the lead. 

Potential should not be taken so seriously as the The Mets' bullpen kept the Brewers' bats in neutral for the second game in a row.  After Jonathan Niese managed to only get through three innings in his Major League debut, six Mets relievers teamed up to pitch seven scoreless innings, allowed six hits, and walked only three.  The Mets were able to break a 5-5 deadlock on Endy Chavez's sacrifice fly in the tenth to that gave the Mets a 6-5 win at Miller Park.

"We hit the ball pretty well tonight, just not at the right time," Weeks said.

Jason Kendall's throwing error in the tenth allowed Daniel Murphy to get into scoring position that would eventually score the tying run.  Hardy's throwing error in the third inning allowed the Mets to start a three run rally in that inning to take a 5-1 lead.

"Kendall had to hurry it and he just threw on the foul side, one of the toughest plays for a second baseman covering the bag going into the runner to make," Yost explained.

Weeks certainly did not give Niese a very warm welcome to the Majors.  Niese was barely two pitches into his big league career when Weeks blasted a solo shot to left field.  It would be the first of many "welcome to the show, kid" moments Niese would experience.  It could have been more in that inning as Niese walked the next two batters but he was able to escape the jam with a Prince Fielder ground out and two strikeouts of Corey Hart and Mike Cameron.

"You can't leave runs like that out there because they always find a way to come back and haunt you especially in a Pennant race," Yost said.

Weeks had one of his best nights at the plate with a 4-6 night that included three singles and two runs.  He had a chance to be an even bigger hero in the bottom of the tenth as the Brewers had two on and two outs but Luis Ayala picked up his fifth save as he struck out Weeks swinging to end the game.

Niese suffered from a case of the rookie jitters as he only lasted three plus innings, surrendered five runs, seven hits, and walked four.  He showed some ability to battle out of jams as he stranded five runners in his brief debut but he got another your not in the minors moment in the fourth as the Brewers went off on the youngster for four runs off five straight hits. 

The barrage started with a lead off single by Bill Hall and Jason Kendall followed with a double.  Manny Parra helped his cause with a bases clearing double and he came home on Weeks's single.  J.J. Hardy rounded out the consecutive hits with a single and that was the end of Jonathon Niese's night. 

The Brewers were able to tie the game up at five on Corey Hart's RBI single off reliever Nelson Figueroa but it was Beltran's throw that stopped Hardy from being the go ahead run.

"The play of the game was when they threw J.J. out at the plate," Brewers Manager Ned Yost said.  "That was the play that won the game for them because the game is over in nine innings if J.J. scores on that ball.  He got a great jump but he just made a big wide turn coming around third."

"I watched it too long and kind of went straight into third instead of around and that could have been the problem," Hardy explained.

Parra labored through five innings as the Mets got to him for five runs on six hits.  Parra made up for his struggles on the mound with his success at the plate with two doubles, two-RBI, and a run.

"Manny did fine, he's learning his lessons in crunch situation," Yost felt.

The Mets hit Parra up for their first two runs in the second as Fernando Tatis hit a RBI double and then Damion Easley picked up a RBI on a ground out to short that allowed Carlos Delgado to score the go ahead run.  Parra's night got even worse in the next inning as Beltran smashed a three-run homer to left that put the Mets ahead 5-1.

Joe Smith (3-3) picked up the win and Torres (6-4) got the loss.  The Brewers now drop to 80-58 and the Mets go to 78-61.  The finale of the three game set will have Dave Bush (9-9, 4.12 ERA) getting the start for the Brewers.  The Mets will send lefty Oliver Perez (9-7, 3.90 ERA) out for the start.

NOTES

Parra now ranks third amongst pitchers in extra base hits this season with six...Brewers' rookie Brad Nelson recorded his first career Major League hit with a pinch-hit double in the 10th inning...The Mets have won 16 of their last 21 games...The Brewers saw its 22 consecutive sellout streak snapped with an attendence of 36,587.