Santana can't stop Mets' woes in loss to Brewers
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06/30/2009 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Mets threw the baseball all around the diamond during Milwaukee's four-run fourth frame, and the Brewers beat Johan Santana in a 6-3 victory at Miller Park.
Ryan Braun was right in the middle of the fourth frame, driving in three of his four runs during the deciding inning, while Prince Fielder launched his 20th home run of the season and Corey Hart recorded three hits and two runs scored for the Brewers, who took their second straight from the Mets in a three-game set that ends Wednesday.
Mike Burns (1-1) outdueled the game's best southpaw, holding the Mets to two runs on five hits with two strikeouts and one walk over 6 2/3 frames to earn his first big-league victory as a starter.
Santana (9-6) gave up six runs -- five earned -- on nine hits with an uncharacteristic four walks and four strikeouts in six-plus innings. David Wright hit 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and Fernando Martinez hit his first homer for the Mets, who are now two games under .500 after suffering their fifth straight loss.
Wright's two-run shot in the first scored Alex Cora, but the Brewers got one back in the third. Hart and J.J. Hardy each singled in front of Braun's run- scoring single. Santana got out of a bases-loaded jam moments later to maintain the one-run edge.
The security was fleeting.
In the fourth, Santana retired Bill Hill before walking the pitcher, allowing a Hart double and walking Hardy to load the bases. Pitching coach Dan Warthen then made a trip to the mound to settle down Santana and give an earful to home plate umpire Jim Wolf, who tossed him on his way back to the dugout.
Braun then drilled an extra-base hit past Gary Sheffield in left. The relay home to nab Hardy from first was wild and wide, backed up by Santana, who attempted to nab Braun -- the original batter -- at third, but threw high and wide as well, allowing the Brewers slugger to waltz the final 90 feet home for a 5-2 edge.
Fielder's solo shot leading off the seventh ended Santana's night, and the Mets only mustered Martinez's two-out solo home run in the ninth to cap the scoring.
Game Notes
Wright has just five home runs this season and 42 runs batted in...Milwaukee is now 5-3 on its nine-game homestand..Santana is 3-4 on the road...Attendance 35,369.
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