Recap: Milwaukee vs. NY Mets

By Sports Network

Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Ryan Church set the tone with a grand slam in the first inning and New York went on to beat Milwaukee, 9-2, to complete a three-game sweep at Miller Park.

Brian Schneider added a solo homer for the Mets, who have won four straight games and now lead the NL East by 2 1/2 games over Philadelphia. The Phillies play Washington Wednesday night and then travel to Shea Stadium to face the Mets in a three-game set beginning Friday.

Oliver Perez (10-7) surrendered just two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 solid innings to earn the win.

J.J. Hardy had a solo home run for the Brewers, who lead the NL wild card race by four games over Philadelphia.

Dave Bush (9-10) allowed six runs -- all in the first inning -- on seven hits in five innings en route to the loss.

The Mets jumped all over Bush with six runs in the first. Daniel Murphy, David Wright and Carlos Delgado started things with consecutive one-out singles to make it a 1-0 game. After Carlos Beltran walked to load the bases, Church turned on a Bush offering and deposited over the wall in right for his second career grand slam. The Mets weren't done, however. After Luis Castillo bounced back to the box, Schneider ripped his seventh homer of the year to cap the frame.

The Brewers finally got to Perez in the sixth when Gabe Kapler ripped a ground-rule double to center and came around to score on Corey Hart's one-out, two-bagger.

Hardy's two-out solo homer in the seventh inning made it a 6-2 game.

The Mets put things away with two runs off the Brewers bullpen in the eighth. Beltran worked a walk off Mitch Stetter and moved to second on Castillo's one- out walk. After pinch hitter Fernando Tatis popped out, New York executed a double-steal. Nick Evans, another pinch hitter, then came through with a big two-run single to put the game well out of reach 8-2.

Wright's sacrifice fly in the ninth accounted for the final margin.