The Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the New York Mets on Wednesday, 4-3, at American Family Field in Milwaukee.

With the win, the Brewers took the series and tied the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in baseball. How did they get it done?

Time and time again this season, the Brewers have made it a point to score a lot in one frame. 

It has become a strong suit for Milwaukee, and it is something that can turn the tide in a game. The Brewers often do a lot of damage somewhere in the middle innings, but they have also put together offensive onslaughts early and late in games. On Wednesday, they struck early.

The Mets were the ones to draw first blood when Marcus Semien hit a solo home run off right-hander Logan Henderson in the top of the second inning, but the Brewers were unfazed. Anyone who has kept up with Milwaukee's batting order knows what it's capable of, and those capabilities were on display once again.

In the bottom of the second, Garrett Mitchell led the frame off by drawing a walk. Mitchell’s savvy effort allowed Andrew Vaughn the opportunity to advance him to third base thanks to a single to left field. 

It seemed as if the momentum the Brewers were building was going to fizzle out when Jake Bauers popped out, and Cooper Pratt struck out, but it came surging back when Joey Ortiz hit a two-out triple to right field to seize the lead for his team. 

It was the first hit of three for Ortiz in a perfect outing that featured two RBIs and a walk. Ortiz’s massive month of July continues, as he is now slashing .333/.387/596.

Subsequently, Christian Yelich hit an RBI single of his own to cap off a three-run inning for the Brewers.

In his third outing since returning from the Injured List, Henderson did allow five hits and two home runs, but he also struck out nine batters while not allowing a walk. He was in command of the strike zone, but after giving up his second home run of the day in the fifth inning, his afternoon ended once he got out of the inning.

Aaron Ashby took over for Henderson as the first of three Brewers relievers on Wednesday, and embodied dependability and production with four strikeouts and only one walk over two no-hit innings. In that same span, Yelich delivered an RBI triple to make it a 4-2 game.

When Ashby’s outing ended, Abner Uribe took over for one inning before Trevor Megill was called upon to close the game. The Mets provided a bit of a scare when they shrunk Milwaukee’s lead to 4-3 following an RBI single by Francisco Alvarez, but Megill and the defense got out of the inning, and the former notched his 16th save of the season.

Once again, a singular frame filled with multiple runs and late-game resiliency earned the Brewers another victory, and they will have Thursday off before hosting the Colorado Rockies for the final series of their homestand.

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