Lindor's slam caps comeback, Mets win 6th in row, beat Brews September 20 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink MILWAUKEE (AP) Francisco Lindor capped a stirring comeback and made sure the playoff-bound New York Mets maintained their narrow NL East lead. in the seventh inning to put New York ahead for good as the Mets rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 on Tuesday.The Mets won their sixth Ryan Kesler Kids Jersey in a row and remained one game ahead of the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves, who have won five straight.The Mets staged this rally one night after clinching their first postseason berth since 2016 Every game is extremely important, Lindor said. We're in a fight. We said yesterday that's not the end goal. We wanted to clinch, obviously, but that's not the end goal."Pete Alonso hit his second three-run homer in as many nights as the Mets won with just four hits.This is fun, Alonso said. This is what youre all excited for. This is what you work for in the offseason, this type of race. You have two great teams. Its just really fun because you get to find out what youre made of.The Brewers dropped their third straight and are 2 1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the race for the NL's last wild-card spot. The Phillies own the tiebreaker advantage because they won the season series with the Brewers.Milwaukee's lo s clinched a playoff spot for Atlanta.Were close enough where we play really well and we can take care of our own busine s, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "We Michael Del Zotto Jersey still sit in that spot tonight. Were going to sit in that spot for a while. But its obviously going to take us winning games.Willy Adames went 4 for 5 with two RBIs and a pair of doubles for the Brewers.Milwaukee had retired 14 straight batters and led 4-0 with one out in the sixth when the Mets began their charge.Brad Boxberger entered at that point and hit Mark Canha with a pitch before allowing a single to Lindor. Andrej Sustr Kids Jersey Alonso then hit a 425-foot drive that easily cleared the center-field wall and extended his NL-leading RBI total to 121.Boxberger regrouped to get out of the sixth and then retired the leadoff man in the seventh before giving way to Taylor Rogers, who walked the bases loaded before striking out Canha. That brought up Lindor, who sent the first pitch he saw over the left-field wall to put the Mets ahead 7-4. traveled an estimated 413 feet.Rogers (4-8) has allowed 14 runs in 19 innings for a 6.63 ERA since joining the Brewers as part of the package they received in Rogers has given up six homers since joining the Brewers after allowing just one in 41 1/3 innings with the Padres.Theres just no excuse for it, Rogers said. "You can say new place, new catchers, new all this stuff, but youve just got to keep the ball in the yard, and I havent been doing that.The Brewers brought the tying run to the plate in the seventh, but pinch-hitter Adames two-out RBI single enabled the Brewers to again bring the tying run to the plate in the eighth, but Daz closed in the ninth for his 31st save. Joely Antoine Vermette Jersey Rodrguez (2-4) earned the win with one inning of shutout relief.TRAINERS ROOMMets: RHP Drew Smith (right lat strain) was reinstated from the injured list and RHP Tommy Hunter (lower back tightne s) went on the injured list Logan Shaw Kids Jersey retroactive to Saturday. Brewers: Aaron Ashby came off the injured list and pitched two scorele s innings as the Brewers' opener in his first appearance since Aug. 19. Ashby had been dealing with shoulder inflammation. ... Counsell said LHP Eric Lauer (elbow) is trending toward a Friday return when the Brewers are in Cincinnati.UP NEXTRHP Taijuan Walker (12-4, 3.42) pitches for the Mets and RHP Adrian Houser (6-9, 4.85) starts for the Brewers as this series concludes Wednesday afternoon.co___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic National League Major League Baseball New York Mets Francisco Lindor share Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 19 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 55 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 55 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks bring losing streak into game against the Hurricanes The Anaheim Ducks aim to end their six-game losing streak when they play the Carolina Hurricanes 56 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Blackhawks face the Metropolitan Division-leading Devils The Chicago Blackhawks face the top-ranked team in the Metropolitan Division, the New Jersey Devils 56 MINS Benoit-Olivier Jersey AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS