MILWAUKEE -- Hold the revival talk. The New York Mets have sunk to .500. Or is that stunk to .500?
Left fielder Michael Cuddyer committed a costly error and the lowly Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the Mets, 3-2, Tuesday at Miller Park.
The Mets are 0-6 on their current road trip to Toronto, Atlanta and Milwaukee. The six-game skid is their longest of the season. The Mets have scored only eight runs during that stretch.
The Mets (36-36) dropped to .500 for the first time since they were 3-3 on April 12.
With the score tied in the seventh, Hansel Robles issued a one-out walk to ex-Met Carlos Gomez and departed. Left-hander Sean Gilmartin then surrendered an opposite-field double to Adam Lind that hugged the third-base line. With Gomez poised to stop at third base, the ball caromed off the side wall and through Cuddyer's legs. That allowed Gomez to score the go-ahead run all the way from first base.
The Mets dropped to 10-25 on the road. Even with Tuesday's victory, the Brewers are an MLB-worst 12-24 at home.
Niesely done: Jonathon Niese remains winless since May 9, but the southpaw appears to have turned a corner. Niese limited the Brewers to two runs on eight hits, three walks, a hit batter and a wild pitch in six innings in a no-decision. The 99-pitch effort marked Niese's fourth straight start allowing three earned runs or fewer while logging at least six innings.
Niese allowed four straight two-out baserunners in the first inning, but limited the damage to one run and stranded the bases loaded when he retired Gerardo Parra on a groundout. Staked to a 2-1 lead, he surrendered a game-tying sacrifice fly to Jean Segura in the sixth. Still, Niese left the go-ahead runner at third base when he retired Jonathan Lucroy on a groundout.
Niese was struck in the back of the right knee with a line drive off opposing pitcher Mike Fiers' bat in the fourth inning, but shook off the blow with no apparent ill effect.
Grand stand: Curtis Granderson's solo homer in the third inning against Fiers pulled the Mets even at 1. Granderson now has 10 homers, matching Lucas Duda and Wilmer Flores for the team lead.
Granderson did strike out against left-hander Will Smith to strand Darrell Ceciliani at second base in a tie ballgame in the seventh. Granderson is now batting .133 (6-for-45) against southpaws this season.
What's next : Bartolo Colon (9-5, 4.81 ERA) opposes right-hander Jimmy Nelson (3-8, 4.64) at 8:10 p.m. ET Wednesday.