Game 7: It's Mike Fiers and Mike Leake for all the marbles in game 7, and buoyed by
their game 6 victory the Brewers once again score early, getting two in the 1st when
Mauer knocks in Belt after a leadoff double and then scores himself on a double by
Saunders, Leake finally getting out of the inning when he gets Cedeno to ground out,
stranding runners on 2nd and 3rd.
Leake runs into trouble again in the 2nd and is pulled after three singles to start
the inning. Patton comes in and manages the damage well, allowing only a single run
when Aybar and Pedroia fail to double up Cespedes. Swarzak enters in the 3rd and
allows nothing through the 5th, showing that you can never underestimate the power
of revenge from your former players. Cabrera launches his 3rd HR to the opposite
field and Ahren sums it up perfectly with "Can you really get worked up about that?
When you play a series against Miguel Cabrera you basically know he's going to do that
to you."
Harrison relieves Fiers in the 6th with a 2 run lead and hits Montero in the shoulder
with his very first pitch, moving to second on a single by Cabrera. Belisle comes
in and limits the damage, allowing one run on a Pedroia single but escaping still with
the lead. The Brewers get the run back in the bottom of the inning though as Cespedes
grounds a single through the right side scoring Belt after his 4th hit of the game.
But the Mets get it right back in the 7th when Montero knocks in Viciedo with a single,
before Chapman enters the game and gets Cabrera out (I'm glad someone can get him out)
to end the threat. Things get tough for Chapman in the 8th when Frandsen and Pedroia
single with one out, putting the go-ahead run on base. With RH Gimenez coming up and
thinking that Chapman probably doesn't have enough juice to finish the game anyway
the Brewers decide to respect the matchup and pull him sooner rather than later,
bringing in Brandon Lyon to stop the threat. And stop it he does, as Gimenez grounds
into a 6-4-3 double play and Chapman is seen cheering wildly in the dugout (him and
David Price looked like they were going to kiss each other).
Hairston leads off the bottom of the inning with a single and Belt follows with his
5th hit of the game, an opposite field double. Balfour walks Mauer intentionally,
which backfires when he walks Cespedes on 5 pitches. Chen enters the game and gets
what he needs but Aybar boots it, scoring Belt and sending Miller Park into a frenzy.
Chen escapes the inning without further damage when Aybar gets a second chance and
starts a 6-2-3 double play and then Chen strikes out Lyon after intentionally walking
Saunders, with the Brewers deciding to keep the matchups they want in the 9th rather
than try to extend the lead with a pinch hitter. This looks like the right thing when
Lyon gets two quick outs, and the wrong thing when Bourn hits a two out double and Nix
launches one into the bleachers in left. But the worst part is that it brings Cabrera
to the plate! Thought we wouldn't have to see him again. Marshall relieves Lyon and
I tell Ahren "he's probably going to hit Guzman for Moss", to which Ahren replies
"no he's not, we're gonna get Cabrera!" I appreciate his optimism, but I am far from
certain at this point. With a 1-2 count Cabrera hits one off the end of the bat to
Belt, who races him to the bag with a big goofy grin as Miller Park explodes and Kool
and the Gang starts blaring on the loudspeakers. Brewers 6, Mets 5, Brewers win 4-3
Series MVP was Yoenis Cespedes who hit .407/.484/1.000 with 4 HRs and 12 RBIs but
Belt, Mauer and Ramirez were excellent as well. Basically all of the stars hit well
except Stanton, who hit .133/.161/.300 and struck out 10 times.
Miguel Cabrera would have been the choice had the Mets won, batting .520/.625/.960
with 3 HRs, 9 runs and 7 RBIs. Big underachievers were Garrett Jones (0 for 12) and
Pedro Alvarez (.143/.250/.143).
Both bullpens performed well, this series was a real chess match which can be
appreciated better by looking through the boxscores and play by play... this write-up is
long enough already. Thanks to Pat for a great series, it was loads of fun and he
really stretched us to the limit. Felt bad that he had to lose since he seems like a
great guy! But I'm sure that the Mets will be back, but in the meantime the NL will
have a new representative in the World Series this year. Looking forward to the
next round! -- Greg Donaldson
10/12/2013, NYM13-Mil13, Miller Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2013 Mets 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 12 1 7 1
2013 Brewers 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 x 6 12 0 13 1
Mets AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Bourn cf 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 3 0 0 0
Montero,M c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .179 6 0 0 0
Balfour p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Nix,J 2b 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 0
Cabrera,Mi 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .417 6 1 0 0
Moss lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 0 1 0 0
Jones,G rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 1 0 0 0
Frandsen ph 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .406 0 1 0 0
Pedroia 2b 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 2 0 0 0
Chen,W p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Alvarez,P 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 0 1 0 0
Stults p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Lindstrom,M p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Gimenez,C c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 3 1 0 0
Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 3 1 0
Leake p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0
Patton p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Swarzak p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Viciedo lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 1 0 0 0
38 5 12 5 3 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 10 1 0
Brewers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Belt 1b 5 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 7 1 0 0
Mauer c 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .320 9 0 0 0
Cespedes lf 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .407 3 0 0 0
Stanton rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 2 0 0 0
Ramirez,Ar 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346 0 2 0 0
Saunders,M cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .154 0 0 0 0
Cedeno,R ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 0 0 0 0
Ransom,C ph 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Harrison,M p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Belisle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Chapman,A p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Lyon,B p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Beckham 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 3 4 0 0
Fiers p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2 0 0
Hairston,J ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 2 0 0
35 6 12 5 4 0 0 8 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 12 0 0
Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Leake L 0-2 1.0 6 3 3 1 1 36 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 6.14
Patton 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 20 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.08
Swarzak 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 40 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Stults 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.15
Lindstrom,M 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 14 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Balfour 0.1 2 2 1 2 1 18 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 11.81
Chen,W 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 16 9 4 0 1 0 0 1 2.61
8.0 12 6 5 8 8 156 92 43 0 3 0 0 1
Brewers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Fiers W 1-1 5.0 4 1 1 0 7 84 56 19 1 0 0 0 0 4.91
Harrison,M H 1 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 8 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 12.46
Belisle H 1 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 35 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.70
Chapman,A H 1 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 17 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.69
Lyon,B H 1 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 20 14 5 1 0 0 0 1 10.13
Marshall S 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 12 5 5 0 9 168 113 39 2 0 1 0 1
NYM: Frandsen batted for Jones,G in the 6th
Moss moved to rf in the 6th
Frandsen moved to 3b in the 6th
Viciedo inserted at lf in the 6th
Gimenez,C inserted at c in the 7th
Nix,J inserted at 2b in the 8th
Mil: Ransom,C batted for Cedeno,R in the 3rd
Ransom,C moved to ss in the 4th
Hairston,J inserted at ss in the 6th
GWRBI: Mauer
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.
10/12/2013, NYM13-Mil13, Miller Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2013 Mets 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 12 1 7 1
2013 Brewers 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 x 6 12 0 13 1
Mets -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Bourn cf 1>k k 6 43.1-2 D
Montero,M c 53 4>k 6>Harrison,M S.2-H
HBP
Balfour p
Nix,J 2b HR.2-H
Cabrera,Mi 1b 43 HR S.1-2 Chapman,A Marshall
54/f 31
Moss lf 2>k D 9 8>k
Jones,G rf 7 13
Frandsen ph Belisle S
note 1
Pedroia 2b D k S.3-H;1-2 S.1-2
Chen,W p
Alvarez,P 3b k 5>S 64/f
Stults p
Lindstrom,M p
Gimenez,C c Lyon,B
643/gdp
Aybar ss 3>13/b 7 7>k 9>13/b
Leake p
Patton p 7
Swarzak p k/b
Viciedo lf S 9
1: 46/f.2-3;B-1
Brewers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Belt 1b 1>D S.2-3;1-2 S S D.1-3
Mauer c S.2-H Patton W.1-2 W.1-2 IW
9
Cespedes lf 3/g.1-2 note 1 13.2-3;1-2 note 2 note 3
Stanton rf k k 8 7>note 4 Chen,W
7 note 5
Ramirez,Ar 3b W 3>W 5>8 D note 6
Saunders,M cf D.2-H;1-3 k 13 IW IW
Cedeno,R ss 63
Ransom,C ph Swarzak k
k
Harrison,M p
Belisle p
Chapman,A p k/b
Lyon,B p k
Marshall p
Beckham 2b 2>S 54/f 6>Stults Balfour
8 k
Fiers p S/b.1-2 4>6
Hairston,J ss 53 8>S
1: 64/f.3-H;2-3;B-1 2: S.2-H;1-2;Bx2(936) 3: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 4: Lindstrom,M
5: e6.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1 6: 623/gdp.2-3;1-2
Mets IN OUT ER Brewers IN OUT ER
Leake A1 B1 3 L 0-2 Fiers A1 C1 1 W 1-1
Patton B2 B6 0 Harrison,M C2 C4 1 H 1
Swarzak B7 C7 0 Belisle C5 D2 1 H 1
Stults C8 D3 1 Chapman,A D3 D6 0 H 1
Lindstrom,M D4 D7 0 Lyon,B D7 E2 2 H 1
Balfour D8 E3 1 Marshall E3 E3 0 S 1
Chen,W E4 E7 0
10/12/2013, NYM13-Mil13, Miller Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2013 Mets 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 12 1 7 1
2013 Brewers 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 x 6 12 0 13 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Mets batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Bourn struck out (SCBS)
0-0 1 --- 32 Montero,M grounded out to third (BSSBBX)
0-0 2 --- 02 Cabrera,Mi grounded out to second (CSX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Brewers batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Belt lined a double to left center (BSBX)
0-0 0 -2- 00 Mauer lined a single to left center, Belt scored (X)
0-1 0 1-- 10 Cespedes grounded out to first, Mauer to second (BX)
0-1 1 -2- 02 Stanton struck out (CFC)
0-1 2 -2- 32 Ramirez,Ar walked (BCFBBFB)
0-1 2 12- 22 Saunders,M lined a double to right center, Mauer scored,
Ramirez,Ar to third (BCFFBX)
0-2 2 -23 10 Cedeno,R grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Mets batting
0-2 0 --- 32 Moss struck out (BFBFBS)
0-2 1 --- 32 Jones,G flied out to left (BFBCBFFX)
0-2 2 --- 20 Pedroia doubled down the right field line and shallow
(BBX)
0-2 2 -2- 22 Alvarez,P struck out (BBFFS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Brewers batting
0-2 0 --- 22 Beckham grounded a single between first and second (BBFSX)
0-2 0 1-- 01 Fiers bunted for a single, Beckham to second (FbXb)
0-2 0 12- 12 Belt reached on an infield single to first, Beckham to
third, Fiers to second (BFFX)
Patton now pitching
0-2 0 123 12 Mauer popped out to right (FBFFX)
0-2 1 123 00 Cespedes grounded to short, forcing Belt at second,
Beckham scored, Fiers to third, Cespedes to first (X)
0-3 2 1-3 02 Stanton struck out (SSS)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Mets batting
0-3 0 --- 01 Aybar bunted into an out to the mound (FbXb)
0-3 1 --- 32 Patton flied out to left (CFBBFBFX)
0-3 2 --- 12 Bourn struck out (CSBS)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Brewers batting
0-3 0 --- 32 Ramirez,Ar walked (CBBFFBB)
0-3 0 1-- 12 Saunders,M struck out (CFBC)
Ransom,C pinch hitting for Cedeno,R
Swarzak now pitching
0-3 1 1-- 02 Ransom,C struck out (CSS)
0-3 2 1-- 01 Beckham grounded to third, forcing Ramirez,Ar at second
(CX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Mets batting
Ransom,C moved to shortstop
0-3 0 --- 02 Montero,M struck out (CSS)
0-3 1 --- 02 Cabrera,Mi homered deep down the right field line (CCX)
1-3 1 --- 20 Moss grounded a double down the first base line (BBX)
1-3 1 -2- 12 Jones,G grounded out to the mound (CSBX)
1-3 2 -2- 02 Pedroia struck out (CFC)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Brewers batting
1-3 0 --- 21 Fiers popped out to short (BbBbCX)
1-3 1 --- 01 Belt lined a single to center (FX)
1-3 1 1-- 30 Mauer walked, Belt to second (BBBB)
1-3 1 12- 32 Cespedes grounded out to the mound, Belt to third, Mauer
to second (CBFBBX)
1-3 2 -23 22 Stanton flied out to center (BBCSX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Mets batting
1-3 0 --- 32 Alvarez,P reached on an infield single to second (BCBFBX)
1-3 0 1-- 12 Aybar lined out to left (FCBX)
1-3 1 1-- 02 Swarzak struck out on a fouled bunt (SbFbFb)
1-3 2 1-- 32 Bourn popped out to short (BBSBF>X)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Brewers batting
1-3 0 --- 22 Ramirez,Ar flied out to center (CFBBX)
1-3 1 --- 11 Saunders,M grounded out to the mound (BSX)
1-3 2 --- 22 Ransom,C struck out (CBBFFC)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Mets batting
Harrison,M now pitching
Hairston,J now playing shortstop
1-3 0 --- 00 Montero,M was hit by a pitch (H)
1-3 0 1-- 32 Cabrera,Mi lined a single to shallow center, Montero,M to
second (CSBBBX)
1-3 0 12- 00 Moss flied out to right (X)
Frandsen pinch hitting for Jones,G
Belisle now pitching
1-3 1 12- 12 Frandsen grounded to second, forcing Cabrera,Mi at
second, Montero,M to third, Frandsen to first (BCCX)
1-3 2 1-3 22 Pedroia grounded a single up the middle, Montero,M
scored, Frandsen to second (FBSFFFBX)
2-3 2 12- 00 Alvarez,P grounded to short, forcing Pedroia at second (X)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Brewers batting
Moss moved to right field
Frandsen moved to third base
Stults now pitching
Viciedo now playing left field
2-3 0 --- 00 Beckham flied out to center (X)
2-3 1 --- 11 Hairston,J grounded out to third (CBX)
2-3 2 --- 00 Belt lined a single between first and second (X)
2-3 2 1-- 32 Mauer walked, Belt to second (BFBFB>B)
2-3 2 12- 00 Cespedes grounded a single between first and second, Belt
scored, Mauer to second, Cespedes out at second (X)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Mets batting
2-4 0 --- 12 Aybar struck out (CCBFFS)
2-4 1 --- 12 Viciedo grounded a single between third and short (BFCX)
2-4 1 1-- 21 Bourn grounded out to second, Viciedo to second (BBSX)
2-4 2 -2- 32 Montero,M lined a single to right center, Viciedo scored
(FBFBFFBX)
Chapman,A now pitching
3-4 2 1-- 12 Cabrera,Mi grounded to third, forcing Montero,M at second
(CFBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Brewers batting
Lindstrom,M now pitching
3-4 0 --- 21 Stanton flied out to left (CBBX)
3-4 1 --- 11 Ramirez,Ar grounded a double down the third base line
(CBX)
3-4 1 -2- 30 Saunders,M was walked intentionally (IIII)
3-4 1 12- 02 Chapman,A struck out on a fouled bunt (FbSbFb)
Balfour now pitching
Gimenez,C now playing catcher
3-4 2 12- 12 Beckham struck out (CFBS)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Mets batting
3-4 0 --- 32 Moss struck out (BBBCSFS)
3-4 1 --- 01 Frandsen grounded a single between first and second (CX)
3-4 1 1-- 21 Pedroia lined a single to shallow left, Frandsen to
second (BBSX)
Lyon,B now pitching
3-4 1 12- 22 Gimenez,C grounded into a double play, Hairston,J to
Beckham to Belt (BBFFX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Brewers batting
3-4 0 --- 00 Hairston,J lined a single to right (X)
3-4 0 1-- 12 Belt lined a double to left center, Hairston,J to third
(CFBX)
3-4 0 -23 30 Mauer was walked intentionally (IIII)
3-4 0 123 31 Cespedes walked, Hairston,J scored, Belt to third, Mauer
to second (CBBBB)
Nix,J now playing second base
Chen,W now pitching
3-5 0 123 01 Belt scored, Mauer to third, Cespedes to second, Stanton
to first on an error by the shortstop Aybar (FX)
3-6 0 123 12 Ramirez,Ar grounded into a double play, Aybar to
Gimenez,C to Cabrera,Mi, Cespedes to third, Stanton to
second (BFCX)
3-6 2 -23 30 Saunders,M was walked intentionally (IIII)
3-6 2 123 22 Lyon,B struck out (BCBSFC)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Mets batting
3-6 0 --- 01 Aybar bunted into an out to the mound (FbXb)
3-6 1 --- 01 Viciedo flied out to right (FX)
3-6 2 --- 32 Bourn lined a double to left center (BCCBFBX)
3-6 2 -2- 12 Nix,J homered deep to left, Bourn scored (FFBX)
Marshall now pitching
5-6 2 --- 12 Cabrera,Mi grounded out to first (BFSX)