Brewers beat Mets in 13

And I was there!!!! Of course we stayed for all 13 innings. It's after midnight and I have to work tomorrow, so here's the Journal-Sentinel's write up so far...

TUESDAY, July 31, 2007, 11:31 p.m.

By Tom Haudricourt

Jenkins' homer in 13th beats Mets

The home magic returned for the Brewers tonight.

It just took awhile for it to show up.

Geoff Jenkins' two-run homer with no outs in the bottom of the 13th inning gave the Brewers a 4-2 victory over the New York Mets at Miller Park, allowing them to retain their one-game lead over the Cubs in the NL Central.

The Brewers are 37-17 at home, the best record in the majors.

A great play by Mets centerfielder Lastings Milledge denied the Brewers a victory in the bottom of the ninth. With the bases loaded and two down, Hall sent a fly into shallow right-center that Milledge grabbed with a diving effort just before it hit the ground.

Mets left-hander Tom Glavine turned in a strong outing and departed with a 2-1 lead but was denied his 300th career victory when his bullpen couldn't hold it. Glavine was seeking to become the 23rd pitcher to reach that plateau, 17 years to the day after Texas' Nolan Ryan accomplished the feat against the Brewers at County Stadium.

Glavine went six-plus innings, allowing two hits and one run, with five walks and two strikeouts. The Mets were still leading, 2-1, when the Brewers tied the score in the eighth inning.

J.J. Hardy led off with a bloop single to left off Aaron Heilman. Lefty Pedro Feliciano came on with one out to Prince Fielder but hit him with a pitch and was replaced by right-hander Guillermo Mota.

Bill Hall ripped Mota's first pitch into the leftfield corner and over the wall on one bounce for a ground-rule double that tied the score. Mota later escaped a bases loaded jam with an assist from home plate umpire Chad Fairchild, who didn't see a foul tip by Damian Miller hit the dirt and called him out on strikes for the second out.

Right-hander Jeff Suppan, who hadn't gone past the sixth inning since June 12 in Detroit, finally made it into the seventh. Suppan went 6 1/3 innings, allowing six hits, two walks and two runs.

The Mets scored both runs off Suppan in the sixth inning after Jose Reyes led off with a double. David Wright singled through a drawn-in infield to tie the game and Moises Alou later added a sacrifice fly.

Further damage was averted that inning when Shawn Green doubled but the relay home from second baseman Tony Graffanino got Delgado at the plate.