Julio Teheran has his first misstep with the Brewers in a 7-2 loss to the Mets
NEW YORK – Julio Teheran proved is human, after all.
Teheran allowed four homers, which surpassed his total from his excellent first 35⅓ innings with the Brewers, and gave up four runs over five innings as the New York Mets pulled even in the series with a 7-2 win Tuesday night at Citi Field.
Teheran had gone at least five innings and allowed two or fewer runs in each of his first six starts with Milwaukee, and was on track for another good start after three perfect innings against the Mets lowered his ERA to 1.41.
The damage ballooned on him via four swings of the bat, however.
Brandon Nimmo launched the first of his two home runs on the day to lead off the fourth, blasting a solo shot out to right on a 1-2 cutter on the inner half. Two batters later, Francisco Lindor took Teheran deep to left-center on a first-pitch sinker that caught too much plate.
Nimmo’s two-run homer with two outs in the fifth extended the Mets’ lead to 4-0.
Things got worse from there.
With Teheran’s pitch count still manageable and the Brewers bullpen needing some length from the starter, he went back out for the sixth, where the Mets blew the game open.
With two outs and a runner on second, Tommy Pham doubled to make it 5-0, New York. Daniel Vogelbach then launched a two-run shot, the fourth homer of the game off Teheran.
Teheran allowed seven earned runs over 5⅔ innings after allowing only six through his first six starts.
Mets left-handed starting pitcher David Peterson, meanwhile, has had a nightmare of a 2023, but it didn’t seem to matter against Milwaukee.
After Peterson, who entered with an ERA of 8.08 through eight starts, escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the first inning thanks to an Owen Miller double play grounder, he settled in and threw six shutout innings.
The Brewers, with a league-worst .599 OPS against lefty starters coming into the game, fell to 10-15 in games started by southpaws. They are 31-23 against righty starters.
A pair of runs were tacked on in the eighth on Brian Anderson’s two-run double, which marked Milwaukee’s first hit with runners in scoring position of the series in 18 at-bats, but it was far too little and too late.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Mets blast Brewers, Julio Teheran, in 7-2 win at Citi Field
