Joey Ortiz drove in three runs for Milwaukee and the New York Mets had just two hits to put their playoff qualification at risk, falling 4-0 to the Brewers on Saturday.
New York (87-72) suffered its third loss in a row and fell one game behind Atlanta (88-71) in the fight for wild card spots in the National League. The Braves beat Kansas City 2-1 on the day with a home run by Travis d’Arnaud, former Mets player, that ended the game.
The Mets compete for the last two wild cards with Atlanta and Arizona (88-72). .
Atlanta and the Mets have the tiebreaker criteria in their favor over the Diamondbacks and have two pending duels, suspended this week due to the arrival of Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States. The Braves and New York would face each other on Monday in a card in case their situation has not been defined by then.
Ortiz put the Brewers up 2-0 in the fourth inning, finding a curve from Colombian José Quintana (10-10), with a full count, and sending the ball between right and center field, for a single with the bases full.
Milwaukee left the game practically decided in the eighth inning, scoring four times against Reed Garrett.
For the Mets, Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor 0-4. Cuban José Iglesias 3-1. Dominican Starling Marte 3-1. The Venezuelans Luis Torrens 2-0, Francisco Álvarez 1-0, Luisángel Acuña 3-0.
For the Brewers, Venezuelans Jackson Chourio 5-2, William Contreras 3-0 with one run scored, Andruw Monasterio 4-1 with two RBIs. The Dominicans Willy Adames 4-2 with two runs scored and one RBI, Gary Sánchez 2-0.
