Rhys Hoskins' grand slam gets the game off to a quick start

The Milwaukee Brewers open their final series of the regular season tonight by hosting the New York Mets at American Family Field.

The pitching duel will be good as the Brewers (91-68) send right-hander Frankie Montas (7-11, 4.85) to the mound to face Mets left-hander Sean Manaea (12-5, 3.29). to compete.

New York begins the day in a dead heat with the Arizona Diamondbacks for the final two Wild Card spots, while the Atlanta Braves appear one game behind.

The Mets then leave Milwaukee and play a massive doubleheader against the Braves in Atlanta on Monday.

Milwaukee is chasing Mets starter Sean Manaea

The Brewers scored a run back in the bottom of the fourth with three straight two-out hits – a single by Brice Turang, a double by Garrett Mitchell and an infield single by Jackson Chourio – to make it 6-2.

This sequence also haunted Manaea.

Montas, meanwhile, exited after four innings after allowing two hits, two runs and three walks with six strikeouts over 82 pitches.

The Brewers made it 7-2 in the sixth when Turang drew a two-out walk from Danny Young, stole second – his 50th of the season – and then homered it on a passed ball and a wild pitch brought.

Turang is the fifth player in franchise history to steal 50 or more bases in a season and the first since Jonathan Villar stole 62 bases in 2016.

Mets come into play

A leadoff walk in the third scored Montas as Mark Vientos hit a two-out home run to center to make it 5-2.

The Brewers suffered a blow in the third when Sal Frelick injured his left hip or buttock while hitting the wall along the right field line while trying to catch a foul ball off the bat of Francisco Alvarez.

Frelick had to be helped into the Milwaukee clubhouse and was replaced by Mitchell.

There were also fireworks in the fourth when Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was sent off by home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus after a questionable third strike against Alvarez.

Brice Turang makes another run

Manager Pat Murphy said he brought in Brice Turang at first to give him some additional insight into left-handed pitching before the postseason.

He delivered his second hit in as many at-bats with a bloop double to center in the second, a hit that scored Blake Perkins to make it 5-0. Perkins reached on an error and then stole second despite being batted out by left-hander Manaea.

What a start for the Brewers

Milwaukee got a leadoff single from Turang and then two two-out walks from William Contreras and Willy Adames to bring Rhys Hoskins to the plate.

With the score tied at 2-2, he blasted a 386-foot home run to left to electrify the crowd and give the Brewers a quick 4-0 lead. It was the third grand slam of the season for Hoskins and the 10th of the season for Milwaukee, tying a franchise record set in 1995.

The three Grand Slams also represent a single-season franchise record, held by John Jaha (1995), Devon White (2001) and John Vander Wal (2003).

Arizona has 11 hits so far this season, leading the major leagues.

Rhys Hoskins' grand slam gets the game off to a quick start

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