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				<title><![CDATA[Pelfrey helps Mets break slide, beat Brewers 1-0]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By CHRIS JENKINS
AP Sports Writer

MILWAUKEE(AP) -- Instead of the parade of taxis that usually
delivers visiting players to the loading dock entrance at
Milwaukee's Miller Park, the New York Mets rode in together on a
bus from their hotel.

If they haven't been playing as a team lately, they at least
could arrive as one.

Ryan Church couldn't recall ever riding to a game on a team bus
in his career. Francisco Rodriguez said it was "a little weird."

"A little bonding time with everybody," starter Mike Pelfrey
said.

Maybe it was a coincidence, but the Mets went on to break a
season-worst five-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the
Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday despite a career-high 12
strikeouts from young Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo.

Mets manager Jerry Manuel wasn't particularly eager to credit
the bus ride, or the previous night's postgame team meeting, as
essential motivational techniques. After all, the next day's
starter is allowed to leave the game early - so Pelfrey wasn't
even at Manuel's clear-the-air session that lasted 28 minutes
Tuesday night.

"I told him, 'If he'd been at the meeting, he would have thrown
a no-hitter,"' Manuel joked.

Pelfrey (6-3) gave up six hits and two walks in 7 2-3 innings,
and Ryan Church came through with an RBI single in the sixth as
the Mets stopped a five-game losing streak and avoided a series
sweep by the Brewers.

"It was big, especially going against Gallardo," Pelfrey said.
"He's one of the best pitchers in the league. I almost had to be
perfect."

Gallardo (8-5) gave up five hits in seven innings.

"Yovani obviously threw the ball great," Ryan Braun said. "He
certainly deserved to win today."

The Brewers completed a 5-4 homestand and will travel to Chicago
for a four-game series against the Cubs beginning Thursday.

"It was a good homestand, but today was a bit of a downer,"
Brewers manager Ken Macha said. "We'll take two out of three
against the Mets and Giants."

Pelfrey allowed a single and a walk with two outs in the eighth,
but Sean Green got J.J Hardy to ground into a forceout at third.
Rodriguez pitched the ninth, allowing a leadoff single to Braun
before retiring the side for his 21st save.

New York (38-39), which backed Pelfrey with a pair of double
plays, are without injured stars Carlos Beltran (knee), Jose
Reyes (calf, hamstring) and Carlos Delgado (hip). The Mets were
coming off a 9-18 record in June, their worst month in nearly
six years, and they were 1-4 in Pelfrey's June starts.

Gallardo's 12 strikeouts were the most by a pitcher against the
Mets since John Smoltz struck out 15 for the Braves on April 10,
2005, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Mets also won
that game, 6-1.

"It was a tough loss for us," Gallardo said. "I thought I threw
the ball pretty well."

It was a frustrating afternoon all around for David Wright, who
went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts. Wright slammed his glove
into the bench after making a throwing error in the second
inning, then flung his helmet to the ground after taking a
called strike three in the third.

Wright originally was to have a day off but lobbied his way back
into the lineup.

"He's still part of the leadership, and they need to see him out
there like that," Manuel said. "After what we've kind of
struggled with, it's important that we see him out there."

Wright said he always would prefer to play.

"There's some days where he tell you you're not playing, and
there's some days where he kind of asks you," Wright said.

The Mets finally broke through in the sixth when Luis Castillo
led off with a ground-rule double, losing a shot at a triple
when a woman wearing a Hardy T-shirt fell onto the field trying
to reach for the ball.

Gallardo then struck out Wright. But Church sent a grounder past
the outstretched glove of second baseman Craig Counsell for a
single, scoring Castillo.

Prince Fielder led off the seventh with a single, then went to
second on a balk by Pelfrey - Pelfrey's fifth of the season. But
Fielder was thrown out trying to take third base on a missed
bunt by Corey Hart.

Pelfrey then got Hart to ground out, then struck out Mat Gamel
to end the inning.

Pelfrey acknowledged that he didn't completely understand the
balk rule; he said the umpire called him for stepping off the
side of the rubber instead of stepping straight back.

Still, he joked that he was being picked on.

"I've already got the league lead in balks," Pelfrey said. "I've
already got that secured."

NOTES: Plate umpire Brian O'Nora went to the dugout in the
bottom of the fourth to have his eye looked at by a trainer but
quickly returned. ... Gallardo struck out 11 in a victory over
Pittsburgh on April 29.]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[By MATT BEARDMORE
STATS Writer

New York (37-38) at Milwaukee (41-35), 2:05 p.m. EDT

After the New York Mets were swept in their first-ever visit to
Miller Park in 2001, they took 15 of the next 21 matchups on the
Milwaukee Brewers' home field.

On Wednesday afternoon, though, Milwaukee goes for its first
three-game home sweep of the Mets since that initial Miller Park
matchup as the Brewers complete a nine-game stretch in
Milwaukee.

Ryan Braun went 3 for 4 with four RBIs while Prince Fielder hit
his 20th home run of the season Tuesday as the Brewers (42-35)
defeated the Mets and Johan Santana 6-3.

Milwaukee, leading the NL Central, took all three games from New
York at Miller Park from April 24-26, 2001, batting .404 with 14
extra-base hits.

In the first two games of this series, the Brewers are hitting
.392 with 11 extra-base hits. Milwaukee is 5-3 on its homestand.

"It couldn't get much better," said Braun, batting .429 during a
seven-game hitting streak. "We have a tough schedule up until
the All-Star break. We've got these guys one more day, go to
Chicago and then we've got the Dodgers and Cardinals."

Fielder hit a solo shot in the seventh to reach the 20-homer
mark for the fourth consecutive season. He's batting .350 (14
for 40) with five home runs and nine RBIs in 10 career home
games versus the Mets.

The Brewers have taken three of five from the Mets in 2009, and
Yovani Gallardo (8-4, 2.86 ERA) looks to give Milwaukee its
first season series win over New York since 2003. The
right-hander is 4-2 with a 1.76 ERA in his last seven starts.

"He's been great for us all year," Braun said. "He's been our
guy."

Gallardo had nine strikeouts and gave up one run and four hits
over 7 2-3 innings of Friday's 5-1 victory over San Francisco.
He retired 16 in a row after surrendering a solo shot in the
first.

In his first career appearance against the Mets, Gallardo did
not get the decision in a 1-0 loss at Citi Field on April 18. He
struck out seven and yielded five hits in six scoreless innings.

New York (37-39) is looking to avoid its first six-game slide
since Sept. 5-10, 2005. The Mets went 9-18 in June - their worst
month since a 7-19 September in 2003.

"We just had a little family talk - a little private family
discussion," manager Jerry Manuel said following Tuesday night's
30-minute closed-door meeting. "Just to get things in order, a
lot of things."

One thing of those things is hitting. New York is batting .191
during its five-game skid.

One of the few Mets producing at the plate is third baseman
David Wright, who raised his average to .345 with Tuesday's
3-for-4 effort. His two-run shot in the first inning was his
first home run in 20 games.

Mike Pelfrey (5-3, 4.67) takes the mound in the series finale.
He allowed four runs in Friday's 9-1 loss to the Yankees, but
only two were earned as second-inning errors by Wright, Alex
Cora and Nick Evans gave the Mets' crosstown rivals a 4-0
advantage.

"There was a point there, I started laughing," Pelfrey said
following his five-inning outing. "You want the ball to get hit
to those guys. They make great plays all the time. That was just
weird."

The Mets have lost four of Pelfrey's last five starts.

The right-hander made one career start versus Milwaukee,
pitching five innings and giving up four runs in a 12-3 home
defeat May 12, 2007.]]></description>
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