MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Joey Ortiz went 3 for 3 and was a homer away from the cycle to help the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the New York Mets 4-3 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Christian Yelich drove in two runs and Logan Henderson matched a career high with nine strikeouts for NL Central-leading Milwaukee, which took two of three from New York. Marcus Semien and Brett Baty homered for the Mets, who are last in the NL East.<\/p>\n
Ortiz hit a two-run triple in the second inning, singled in the fourth and had a ground-rule double in the sixth before walking in the eighth. He also made a diving stop of a grounder by A.J. Ewing and threw to first for the final out.<\/p>\n
Ortiz is batting .373 (19 of 51) since July 4, improving his season average from .201 to .239.<\/p>\n
Henderson (4-1) allowed five hits and two runs without walking anyone in five innings. He faced a Mets lineup missing five-time All-Star Juan Soto, who got the day off.<\/p>\n
Francisco Alvarez singled home Tyrone Taylor with two outs in the ninth before Trevor Megill got his 16th save in 18 opportunities. Megill\u2019s streak of 15 straight scoreless appearances ended.<\/p>\n
Ortiz\u2019s triple was a fly to right that Baty misjudged. The ball fell just out of Baty\u2019s reach at the warning track, bringing home two runs to make it 2-1. Yelich then singled home Ortiz.<\/p>\n
Baty said the ball tailed on him, calling it \u201ca play that has to be made.\u201d<\/p>\n
New York\u2019s Christian Scott (3-2) struck out six and allowed three runs, four hits and three walks in 3 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Mets: Sean Manaea (2-5, 4.74 ERA) pitches Friday\u2019s series opener against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers, who haven\u2019t announced a starter.<\/p>\n
Brewers: Host Colorado starting Friday. The scheduled starters for the opener are Milwaukee\u2019s Shane Drohan (5-3, 3.20) and Colorado\u2019s Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4, 4.76).<\/p>\n
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