Mets end series vs. Brewers with third game

NEW YORK – The Mets ensured themselves at least a split of their current series Tuesday night when Jay Bruce delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning to cap a 5-4 victory vs. Milwaukee.

The Brewers pushed their winning streak over the Mets to five games after sweeping three at Miller Park earlier this month. The 29 runs scored by Milwaukee in the series were its most ever against New York.

The Mets took the rubber game from the Pirates on Sunday night, 7-2. New York has had at least 12 hits in three consecutive games for the first time since another three-game run from September 1-4, 2015.

The Mets' Jacob deGrom (4-1, 3.23 ERA) will oppose the Brewers' Junior Guerra (0-0, 3.12 ERA) in a battle of right-handers on Wednesday.

"We're starting to get our guys back to where they belong," Mets manager Terry Collins said Tuesday. "I think all the guys are comfortable with the fact that, hey, we've ironed out all the kinks. And now it's just keep charging and not worry about what happened yesterday or last week or last month."

Milwaukee's Domingo Santana went 2-for-4 with a double and his first career grand slam in the win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday. In 11 games since May 15, Santana ranks fourth in the NL with 14 RBI.

Lucas Duda homered for the second straight game and the third time in the last four games in Sunday's win at the Pirates. Duda has reached base in all 15 games since coming off the DL on May 12, batting .286 with a 1.018 OPS.

Milwaukee's Matt Garza allowed three home runs in his loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday, his first time giving up multiple homers since July 6, 2016. The span of 19 starts without allowing multiple home runs matched the longest stretch of Garza's career (June 2, 2014 -- April 19, 2015).

Robert Gsellman scattered six hits over six innings while earning his second quality start of the season last Wednesday against the Padres. However, Gsellman is the first pitcher in Mets history to allow at least three earned runs in each of his first eight starts of the season.