Chris Bassitt goes 8 innings, Mets blank slumping Brewers

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Chris Bassitt pitched eight sharp innings of three-hit ball, Pete Alonso drove in two runs and the New York Mets beat the struggling Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 on Tuesday night.

Bassitt (5-4), who entered with a 7.62 ERA in his last five starts, allowed just three singles and one walk with seven strikeouts. He got the Brewers to hit into double plays immediately after each of their hits, including in the sixth when Milwaukee had runners at the corners before Willy Adames grounded into an inning-ending double play.

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New York Mets' Chris Bassitt pitches during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Bassitt, who had a 2.61 ERA in his first five starts working with James McCann, said he spent a lot of time between starts with catcher Tomás Nido, who took over as the team's top backstop after McCann went on the injured list May 13.

"This is 100% all on me: I just thought me and Nido — we weren’t on the same page at all," Bassitt said. "The more and more I fought, the worse and worse I did. So we just spent the last week just getting to know each other and better in the game."

It was the third time Bassitt has thrown eight scoreless innings and the first since his lone shutout, a two-hitter for Oakland against the Los Angeles Angels on May 27, 2021.

"Guys like him, you just trust the moxie and the want to they have and they figure it out and make the adjustments," Mets manager Buck Showalter said.

Drew Smith worked a perfect ninth to complete New York's 10th shutout of the season.

Milwaukee has dropped nine