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Brewers 5, Mets 3
Johan Santana allowed five runs, four earned, in 6 2/3 innings. (Ed Betz/AP)
Johan Santana will undoubtedly have far better days at Shea Stadium. The ace's home debut was ruined by three Brewers homers in his 6 2/3 innings, and outside of a David Wright homer in the eighth, the Mets didn't do much against Ben Sheets.
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Series at a glance:
MIL
Milwaukee (7-4)
Won 1
Milwaukee 5, NY Mets 3   NYM
NY Mets (5-5)
Lost 1
April 12, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Milwaukee
0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0   5 7 1
NY Mets
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   3 5 2
Standings thru 4/12/08  |  Recap: MIL | NYM  |  Gameday  |  Brewers stats  |  Mets stats
MilwaukeeABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Weeks, 2B3221111.209
Kapler, CF4112011.364
Fielder, 1B4010010.244
Braun, LF4010012.229
Hall, 3B4111003.244
Hart, C, RF4100020.231
Hardy, SS3000111.194
Sheets, P2001010.000
  Shouse, P0000000.000
  a-Iribarren, PH10100001.000
  Gagne, P0000000.000
Kendall, C4000001.424
Totals33575289 

a-Singled for Shouse in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Hall (5, 4th inning off Santana, 0 on, 0 out), Weeks (2, 5th inning off Santana, 0 on, 1 out), Kapler (3, 7th inning off Santana, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Weeks 5; Kapler 4; Fielder; Braun; Hall 4; Iribarren.
RBI: Sheets (1), Hall (10), Weeks (3), Kapler 2 (8).
2-out RBI: Kapler 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hall; Weeks; Hardy.
S: Sheets.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
CS: Braun (1, 3rd base by Santana/Schneider).
PO: Iribarren (1st base by Muniz).

FIELDING
E: Hall (2, fielding).

 
NY MetsABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Pagan, LF4110002.371
Castillo, 2B3000101.160
Wright, 3B3112003.270
Beltran, CF3110110.286
Delgado, 1B4011011.300
Church, RF4000001.300
Easley, SS4000000.167
Schneider, C4010020.281
Santana, P2000012.143
  Schoeneweis, P0000000.000
  a-Anderson, PH1000010.125
  Muniz, P0000000.000
Totals323532610 

a-Struck out for Schoeneweis in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Delgado (3, Sheets).
HR: Wright (2, 8th inning off Sheets, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Pagan; Wright 4; Beltran; Delgado 2; Schneider.
RBI: Wright 2 (9), Delgado (5).
2-out RBI: Delgado; Wright.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Church; Wright 2.
SF: Wright.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Wright 2 (3, throw, fielding).
Pickoffs: Muniz (Iribarren at 1st base).

 
MilwaukeeIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Sheets (W, 2-0)7.25332511.17
Shouse (H, 2)0.10000000.00
Gagne (S, 2)1.00000109.00
 
NY MetsIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Santana (L, 1-2)6.26542733.05
Schoeneweis 0.10000002.70
Muniz 2.01000100.00

WP: Sheets, Santana 2.
Pitches-strikes: Sheets 116-74, Shouse 6-4, Gagne 12-8, Santana 113-71, Schoeneweis 3-3, Muniz 20-11.
Ground outs-fly outs: Sheets 8-10, Shouse 1-0, Gagne 1-1, Santana 5-7, Schoeneweis 0-1, Muniz 0-4.
Batters faced: Sheets 31, Shouse 1, Gagne 3, Santana 29, Schoeneweis 1, Muniz 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Shouse 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Phil Cuzzi. 1B: Jim Wolf. 2B: Ed Montague. 3B: Jerry Layne.
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:38.
Att: 54,701.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner