Takeaways from Saturday’s game vs Brewers

Zack Wheeler pitched a gem, unfortunately he’ll still walk away from the game with a No Decision. He pitched 7 innings, giving up just 6 hits, 1 walk, and just 2 runs. Wheeler also struck out 10 while throwing 77 strikes out of his 111 pitches thrown.

Daniel Zamora pitched a scoreless inning and still has yet to give up a run in his small sample size of work.

Seth Lugo was excellent pitching 3 innings out of the bullpen, he gave up just 1 hit while striking out 2. He now has an ERA of 3.43.

Edwin Diaz pitched a scoreless inning, striking out 1. His ERA is an impressive 1.98.

Robert Gsellman also pitched 3 innings out of the bullpen and was brilliant. The reliever struck out 4 Brewers while giving up just 1 hit, lowering his ERA to 3.13.

Pete Alonso hit a clutch home run in the 9th inning to tie the game at 2, the home run is Alonso’s 10th of the year. He finished the game going 2-7 while also driving in his 24th run of the season.

Jeff McNeil raised his batting average to .350 by going 3-8 in tonight’s extra inning contest, including the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 18th inning.

Adeiny Hechavarria made quite the impact in his Mets debut. The veteran shortstop entered the game in the 9th inning and still managed to go 2-4 with a run scored.

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