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Recap: Milwaukee vs. NY Mets

Sports Network | July 1, 2009

Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Mike Pelfrey pitched nearly eight innings of shutout baseball, helping the New York Mets take a 1-0 win over Milwaukee and snap a five-game losing streak.

The Mets had been swept in a three-game series against the Yankees to start their recent losing streak and were on their way to getting swept again after dropping the first two contests of this three-game set.

But Pelfrey (6-3) helped the Mets grab the victory after keeping the Brewers off the scoreboard for 7 2/3 innings. He allowed six hits, walked two and struck out six.

Ryan Church had one of New York's five hits, walked and drove in the game's lone run.

Milwaukee got an impressive start from Yovani Gallardo (8-5), who was dealt the loss despite giving up only one run on five hits in seven innings. Gallardo also struck out a career-high 12 and walked two.

Ryan Braun went 2-for-4 for the Brewers, who have won 2-of-3 in each of their last two series.

Each team had opportunities to score in the early innings but couldn't push a run across.

The Mets had runners at second and third with two away in the first, but Gallardo struck out Nick Evans to end the threat. Then, the Brewers had runners on the corners with only one down in the fourth, but Corey Hart grounded into an inning-ending double play.

New York cracked the scoreboard in the sixth, which Luis Castillo began with a ground-rule double. After Gallardo fanned David Wright, Church bounced a grounder up the middle to plate Castillo for a 1-0 Mets lead.

The Brewers had a number of chances to score in the final innings, including the seventh, which Prince Fielder opened with a single. Fielder went to second on a balk by Pelfrey but was picked off running to third on Hart's attempted bunt.

Pelfrey got out of the inning from there but gave up a two-out pinch-single to Frank Catalanotto in the eighth and followed by walking Craig Counsell. Sean Green entered to pitch and got J.J. Hardy to ground into a force out at third, ending the rally.

Braun had a leadoff single in the ninth against Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez, and Fielder then hit a smash liner up the middle. But Mets shortstop Alex Cora was in position to catch it, and Rodriguez got the final two outs for his 21st save this season.

Milwaukee went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left six on base...The Mets were 1-for-6 with RISP and stranded five...Gallardo struck out 11 batters in an April 29 start vs. Pittsburgh.