MILWAUKEE — Lucas Duda is a man on a mission.
A night after establishing his career high for home runs in a season, the powerful first baseman delivered maybe his biggest hit of 2014, rescuing the Mets from an ugly defeat.
Duda's two-run homer in the ninth inning against Francisco Rodriguez quieted the 33,097 at Miller Park and sent the Mets to a 3-2 comeback victory over the Brewers.
Within three outs of their second straight loss, the Mets rallied. Daniel Murphy's third hit of the game, a leadoff double against K-Rod, got the comeback started before David Wright delivered an RBI single. Duda then lined a shot over the right-field fence for his team-leading 17th home run. The blast was his third in four games.
Jenrry Mejia allowed a leadoff walk to Jonathan Lucroy in the ninth before getting three outs for his 14th save in 16 chances.
The Mets are making just about every starting pitcher they face resemble Cy Young these days, but the last two opposed by Zack Wheeler have been particularly impressive.
After watching Odrisamer Despaigne take a no-hitter into the eighth inning in Wheeler's previous start, Sunday in San Diego, the Mets went into hiding Friday against Yovani Gallardo, who fired 7 2/3 shutout innings.
Gallardo allowed four hits with eight strikeouts. All four hits the right-hander allowed were singles.
Wheeler took a one-hitter into the seventh and got two outs, before Carlos Gomez homered to right-center and gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead. Rickie Weeks followed with a double, ending Wheeler's night.
Wheeler went 6 2/3 innings and allowed two runs, one of which was earned, on three hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.
Travis d'Arnaud gave the Mets hope of a breakthrough in the seventh with a drive to deep center, but Gomez caught the ball at the fence.
Murphy's second error in as many innings helped the Brewers take a 1-0 lead in the sixth. Ryan Braun hit a grounder under Murphy's glove, allowing Weeks to race from first to third with nobody out. Weeks scored when Aramis Ramirez grounded into a fielder's choice.
Wheeler was coming off a strong performance Sunday in San Diego, where he allowed one run over six innings but took a no-decision. Friday was Wheeler's fifth straight start in which he worked at least six innings and allowed one earned run or less.
Before the game, manager Terry Collins cited Wheeler's "growing process" this season."I think you learn more from the bad outings than the good outings," Collins said, referring to a rough June stretch for Wheeler. "I just think he is starting to grow into what he's going to do. I just see a huge change in his maturity level on the mound, his demeanor on the mound, his demeanor in the dugout. If he continues at this rate, the way he is growing up on us, he's going to be real good.
"What we've seen lately is that growth is the fact he's trusted his stuff, and he is pounding the strike zone. He's got good enough stuff to get outs. When you face a team like this they are swinging, so you've got to make pitches."
The Mets had a chance to break through in the fourth, following consecutive singles by Murphy and Wright with nobody out, but Gallardo escaped the jam, punctuated with a strikeout of Bobby Abreu.
Wheeler drilled Weeks in the first inning, putting runners on first and second with nobody out, but retired the next three batters.
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