The New York Mets lose 3-1 to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets lose 3-1 to the Atlanta Braves


The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets on Tuesday night. The final score was 3-1 and the game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Carlos Torres started for the Mets and pitched well. Eric Young Jr. and Omar Quintanilla each had two hits to lead the offense.

Torres pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and three runs. He walked one and struck out six and lost his third game of the season. Scott Rice faced two batters and retired them both and Vic Black faced one batter and struck him out.

Young had two hits and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Lucas Duda had a hit and drew a walk. Juan Lagares had a hit, Matthew den Dekker had a hit and Quintanilla had two hits. Duda and Murphy each hit a double, Young hit a triple and The Mets were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Young had a stolen base.

Kris Medlen pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and a run. He walked none and struck out nine and won his 12th game of the season. Scott Downs pitched 1/3 of an inning walking a batter, Luis Ayala pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Craig Kimbrel saved his 44th game of the season. Kimbrel pitched an inning giving up a hit and striking out two.

B.J. Upton had two hits, Freddie Freeman had a hit and Evan Gattis had three hits and an RBI. Dan Uggla drew a walk, Andrelton Simmons had a hit and two RBI and Gattis and Simmons each hit a homerun. The Braves were 0-1 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.

Murphy hit an RBI double in the sixth to give the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the seventh Gattis hit a solo homerun and Simmons hit a two run homerun to give the Braves a 3-1 lead and that would be the final score.

The Mets record fell to 62-75 and the Braves record improved to 85-53. The two teams will play the final game of the series on Wednesday afternoon.