MILWAUKEE BREWERS (51-34) NEW YORK METS (43-37) FIRST PLACE, NL CENTRAL, 7.0 GA FIRST PLACE, NL EAST, 3.5 GA Monday, July 5, 2021 • 7:10 P.M. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Brandon Woodruff (7-3, 1.87) vs. RHP Tylor Megill (0-0, 4.82) SNY • WCBS 880 AM • WQBU 92.7 FM WELCOME BACK: RHP Jerad Eickoff has signed a minor league deal with the Mets METS-BREWERS NOTES: The Mets have lost eight of their last nine games against and has been assigned to Triple-A Syracuse...He made two starts for the Mets and the Brewers...This will mark their first series since May 3-5, 2019 in Milwaukee. went 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (five earned runs/10.0 innings) with four walks and six strikeouts. 2021: 0-0 2019: 1-5 History: 78-69 @NYM 0-0 @NYM: 1-2 @NYM: 40-35 METSELLANEOUS: The Mets split a doubleheader with the Yankees yesterday, @MIL 0-0 @MIL: 0-3 @MIL: 38-34 winning the first game 10-5 and falling in the nightcap, 4-2...The Mets completed their final road trip before the All-Star break (3-4)...Tonight, the team returns home for a seven game homestand against the Brewers (three games) and Pirates (four games). MAY I?: Trevor May has made nine straight scoreless appearances, allowing only four hits and two walks while striking out 14 over those 9.0 innings...He is unscored upon FIRST THINGS FIRST: The Mets have been in first place since Saturday, May 8...The in 24 of his 33 appearances...Overall he is 2-2 with a save and a 3.23 ERA (11 earned team has been in first place for 74 days, that is the most of any team in 2021...This is their runs/30.2 innings) with eight walks and 42 punchouts...His 12.33 strikeout to walk longest streak atop the NL East since the end of the 2015 season. ratio leads all Mets relievers. HEY NOW, YOU'RE AN ALL-STAR: Jacob deGrom was selected to his fourth All- JUST GIVE US FOUR: The Mets are 34-6 when scoring four or more runs this season... Star Game yesterday...DeGrom joins Tom Seaver (nine times) and Dwight Gooden The team is 8-30 when scoring three or fewer runs...The Mets are 35-9 when scoring (four times) as the only pitchers in team history to be named to four or more All- first this season...The team's .795 winning percentage is the best record in the major Star teams...He has not allowed more than three earned runs in his last 30 starts, leagues when scoring first this season. dating back to September 9, 2019, going 14-4 in that span with a 1.39 ERA (28 earned runs/181.0 innings) with 31 walks and 275 strikeouts...He is 7-2 with a 0.95 ERA (nine HMM, SUGAR SUGAR: Edwin Díaz extended his homerless streak to 45.0 innings... earned runs/85.0 innings) this year with 11 walks and 136 strikeouts...He has struck That is the longest active streak in the majors...He is tied for seventh in the NL with out 14 or more batters four times this year, including a career-high 15 strikeouts on 17 saves and is tied for ninth in the majors...He has recorded 49 saves with the Mets... April 23 vs. Washington. He is 2-2 with a 2.84 ERA (10 earned runs/31.2 innings) with 10 walks and 41 strikeouts in 32 games this season...Over his last 17 appearances, Díaz has posted a 1.65 ERA PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUN: Tylor Megill’s first name is pronounced TIE-lore. (three earned runs/16.1 innings) with five walks and 22 strikeouts, converting 12 of 13 saves...Since the start of the 2019 season, Díaz has struck out 190, that is the fourth- TYLOR THE CREATOR: Tylor Megill has made eight starts between Double-A most by a reliever in that time span...His 14.83 strikeout per 9 IP ratio is third in that Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse, going 2-1 with a 3.35 ERA (15 earned runs/401 time frame. innings) with 12 walks and 59 strikeouts...Megill, 25, was selected in the eighth round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Arizona...Overall in 40 KNOCKING ON THE LINDOR: Francisco Lindor is hitting .262 (11-42) with seven games (21 starts), Megill is 9-10 with a 3.41 ERA (53 earned runs/140.0 innings) with 51 runs, three doubles, a home run, eight RBI, six walks and a .380 OBP over his last 12 walks and 187 strikeouts...He is ranked as the 21st-best prospect in the organization games...He is 4-10 with two runs, three RBI and three walks over his last three games. according to MLB.com. HOME, SWEET HOME: The Mets are 24-11 with a 2.08 ERA (70 earned runs/303.0 WELCOME TO THE SHOW: Megill became the first Mets pitcher this season to make innings) with 103 walks and 339 strikeouts at home...The team's 2.08 ERA at home is his first career appearance on June 23...He was followed by left-hander Thomas the best in the majors and their .686 winning percentage is third...This compares to a Szapucki (June 30)...Four position players have also made their MLB debut for the 19-26 record with a 4.39 ERA (181 earned runs/370.2 innings) with 127 walks and 403 Mets this year: Patrick Mazeika (May 5), Jake Hager (May 15), Johneshwy Fargas (May strikeouts on the road this year. 17) and Khalil Lee (also May 17). QUALITY EATS: The Mets have made 32 quality starts this season...The Mets starting POLAR BEAR NECESSITIES: Pete Alonso is batting .286 (16-56) with five runs, a rotation owns a 2.97 ERA (132 earned runs/396.2 innings) this season, the best mark double, five home runs, nine RBI, five walks a .355 OBP and a .571 SLG over his last 16 in the major leagues...deGrom leads the major leagues with a 0.95 ERA, Taijuan games, since June 19...Alonso is batting .260/.333/.446 against right-handed hitters Walker is 12th with a 2.44 ERA, while Marcus Stroman is 14th in the majors with a this year...He has homered in back-to-back games and four in his last seven. 2.59 mark. DOUBLE TROUBLE: Pete Alonso homered in both games of yesterday's GET WELL SOON!: INF J.D. Davis is on a rehab assignment with the Syracuse Mets... doubleheader...It was the 30th time a Met has homered in both games of a twinbill... Davis went 1-3 with a double, an RBI and a strikeout starting at third base yesterday... He is the first to do so since Shawn Green accomplished the feat on September 6, He is 2-9 with a double and an RBI in three appearances with Syracuse on his current 2006 vs. Atlanta...Courtesy of Elias. assignment...He is on the 60-Day IL with a sprained left hand. MOVING ON UP: Pete Alonso is now 21st on the Mets all-time home run list with 84 TASTE THE ROCKIES: INF Brett Baty and catcher Francisco Álvarez have been blasts...Gary Carter is 20th with 89 home runs...Michael Conforto is tied for 10th with selected to participate in the 2021 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which will be Edgardo Alfonso on the Mets all-time home run list with 120...Kevin McReynolds is played at 3:00 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, July 11 at Coors Field...Baty was selected in next with 122 homers. the first round (12th overall) in the 2019 First-Year Player Draft out of Lake Travis High School in Texas...Francisco Álvarez, a non-drafted free agent, is the top rated OUCH: The Mets have been hit by 46 pitches this year, which is sixth in the majors prospect in the organization according to MLB.com, while Baty ranks fourth. and fifth in the NL...The Mets have been plunked 91 times over the last two years... Only the Cubs (99) and the Reds (92) have been hit by more pitches in that time frame. HONORING HIS LEGACY: The New York Mets will wear a “41” Tom Seaver tribute patch on the right sleeve of their home and road uniforms during the 2021 season... WE FOUND NIMMO: Brandon Nimmo is 5-14 with three runs and three RBI in three Seaver passed away on August 31, 2020 at age 75...Seaver won 311 games, had a 2.86 games since returning from the 10-Day IL...He is batting .325 (26-80) with 10 runs, ERA and struck out 3,640 batters over a 20-year major league career that spanned five doubles, a home run, 11 RBI, 12 walks and an .844 OPS in 25 games this year... from 1967-1986, earning 12 All-Star selections in the process...He won three Cy Young Nimmo owns a .394/.500/.606 slash line with five extra-base hits in 11 games at home Awards with the team in 1969, 1973 and 1975 as well as the NL Rookie of the Year this year. Award in 1967. HELLO, JAMES: James McCann is batting .297/.365/.484 with seven runs, five THIS DAY IN METS HISTORY: On this day in 1974, Jerry Koosman earned his ninth win doubles, four home runs, 17 RBI and an .840 OPS in 30 games since the start of June..