The Milwaukee Brewers pulled off yet another magical win Sunday afternoon against the Mets, clinching their third consecutive sweep and prolonging New York’s losing streak to seven. Long story short, the weekend in Milwaukee really took some air out of the visitors’ sails.
They should have had one in the series finale, up 5-0 against a Brewers lineup full of reserves, spelling some of the regulars after the quick turnaround from Saturday. Once again, however, Milwaukee clawed back. Rookie Isaac Collins touched it off by launching his first-ever walk-off homerun – and his first dinger this season at home – off Mets closer Edwin Diaz.
Dark magic? Divine providence? The power of friendship? What explains the madness? Collins captured the win perfectly in his post-game clubhouse interview.
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“I mean, words can’t really describe it,” said Collins, who acknowledged his walk-off heroics as a career first. “… Just the game that we had today, down 5-1, fighting back. Just, again, another Brewers win,” he concluded with a shrug. “That’s just the type of team we are, you know, we’re never out of it. There’s never a doubt in that dugout.”
With the win and a Cubs loss, the 73-44 Brewers extend a six-game lead in the NL Central. Sandwiched around eight days of .500 baseball, they are now in the midst of their second considerable win-streak. Before the current stretch of nine straight, they carried an 11-game streak past the All-Star break.
The Mets, meanwhile, are in danger of losing hold of the third wild card spot as Cincinnati gnawed the margin 1.5 games by day’s end. After a rough outing in game 2, reliever Ryan Helsley gave up a late lead again, this time in the bottom of the eighth.
Collins did his best to explain how Milwaukee is doing it. “We’re just executing the game. Whatever the game gives us, we’re taking it. We’re not trying to do too much, whether it’s at the plate, or defensively, or on the mound. We’re just being the best versions of ourselves each day, and taking the game one pitch at a time.”
The Brewers left fielder, who finished the day 3-5, is now hitting .295/.395/.448 on the season, with eight homeruns and 40 RBIs. Following Sunday’s games, his 2.9 WAR leads all NL rookies.
After he secured Saturday’s win with a two-run shot, catcher William Contreras crushed two more homeruns in the finale, giving him six in his last 10 games. Collins scored on the second bomb, which made the score 6-5 Mets in the fifth. He said that was the moment it really felt like Milwaukee was about to do it again.
“I’d say, I don’t know, I guess after Contreras’s homerun, opposite field, to get within two [sic]. That was huge. You could tell the pressure was on, for them. And that’s kind of how it’s been this whole year. We never really feel like the pressure’s on us.”
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