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Zac Thornton gets his 1st career win as Mets shut out Brewers 4-0
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Zac Thornton earned his first career win by combining with
three relievers on a four-hitter as the New York Mets blanked the Milwaukee
Brewers 4-0 on Tuesday night.
Jared Young and Luis Robert Jr. homered to help the Mets snap Milwaukee's
four-game winning streak. Robert's solo shot off Bryse Wilson in the eighth was
a titanic 451-foot drive to left-center for his first hit since missing nearly
three months with a back injury.
Thornton (1-1) allowed three hits and one walk while striking out two over six
innings in his fourth major league start. It was the second consecutive
scoreless outing for the 24-year-old left-hander, who has thrown 18 straight
shutout innings --- the longest streak by a Mets rookie since Steven Matz went
19 innings in 2016.
Luke Weaver, Brooks Raley and Devin Williams each pitched one inning of relief.
Milwaukee's Brandon Sproat (3-5) yielded two runs over 4 2/3 innings while
facing his former team for the first time since getting sent to Milwaukee in
the January trade that brought pitcher Freddy Peralta to the Mets. Sproat
struck out four but allowed four hits and four walks.
The right-hander was pitching one night after Peralta faced the Brewers for the
first time and gave up seven runs over 5 1/3 innings in an 8-3 loss.
Young put the Mets ahead in the second by sending a 393-foot shot over the
right-field wall.
Sproat was removed after issuing a two-out walk to Bo Bichette in the fifth
with the Mets leading 1-0. Chad Patrick entered and allowed back-to-back
doubles on the ground to Francisco Lindor and Carson Benge, with Benge's hit
bringing home two runs.
The Brewers' best scoring chance came in the sixth, when they failed to
capitalize after Cooper Pratt and Joey Ortiz opened the inning with consecutive
singles.
Up next
New York's Christian Scott (3-1, 2.97 ERA) and Milwaukee's Logan Henderson
(3-1, 2.97) are the scheduled starting pitchers in the series finale Wednesday
afternoon.
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