MILWAUKEE (Interstat) — The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the New York Mets 8-3 on Monday at American Family Field. Milwaukee jumped ahead with two runs in the first and never trailed. Andrew Vaughn hit a two-run homer in the third inning, and Joey Ortiz added a three-run blast in the sixth as the Brewers built an 8-1 lead. Jacob Misiorowski struck out six over four scoreless innings to earn top-star honors. Cooper Pratt contributed three hits, including a home run, and Brice Turang doubled and drove in a run. Craig Yoho pitched a scoreless ninth for his second win. Freddy Peralta took the loss, falling to 5-9. The Mets scored one run in the third on a double play groundout and two in the eighth on Jorge Polanco’s single, but managed only six hits. Milwaukee finished with 10 hits. The Brewers improved to 63-37, while the Mets dropped to 42-59. Attendance was 34,073 with a game time of 2:35.