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Milwaukee Brewers Outfielder Wins Game vs. Mets with History-Making Throw

Blake Perkins helped the Brewers solidify a win over New York.
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Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Blake Perkins (16) is dunked by shortstop Andruw Monasterio (14) after the Brewers beat the New York Mets at American Family Field on Aug. 8.
Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Blake Perkins (16) is dunked by shortstop Andruw Monasterio (14) after the Brewers beat the New York Mets at American Family Field on Aug. 8. | Benny Sieu-Imagn Images

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The Milwaukee Brewers, the owners of the best record in baseball (71-44), solidified a big win over the New York Mets on Friday night, thanks to a fantastic defensive play from center fielder Blake Perkins.

Leading 3-2 in the top of the ninth inning, Brewers closer Trevor Megill surrendered a hit to Jeff McNeil. As Starling Marte tried to score, he was thrown out at the plate by Perkins, ending the game.

The throw made history on multiple fronts, including this note from @OptaSTATS:

In the last 40 years, only one MLB player has had a direct outfield assist (no relay) to cut down the potential tying run at the plate and end the game on two separate occasions.

That one player is the @Brewers' Blake Perkins (June 16 last year vs. Reds, Friday night vs. Mets).

And there's also this nugget, from Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

96.9 mph!! Blake Perkins!

That’s the 3rd-fastest tracked game-ending OF assist under Statcast (2015), behind only:

7/26/18 Aaron Hicks: 98.7 mph
9/22/17 Avisail Garcia: 97.7 mph

h/t the wizard @JasonBernard_

Perkins, 28, is in his third big-league season with the Brewers. A lifetime .238 hitter, he has three home runs and nine RBIs this season. He's also stolen three bases.

The two teams will play again on Saturday night with first pitch coming at 7:10 p.m. ET. The recently recalled Tobias Myers will pitch for Milwaukee while the Mets haven't named a starter as of this posting.

The Mets enter play at 63-53 and in second place in the National League East.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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