New York Mets get blown away in Atlanta

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.  The game took place at Suntrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 12-4.  Matt Harvey started for the Mets and he did not pitch well.  The bullpen didn’t pitch well either and the offense was led by Adrian Gonzalez two hits. 

Harvey lost his second game of the season pitching six innings and giving up eight hits and six runs with a walk and four strikeouts.  Jerry Blevins pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and four runs with a walk and Gerson Bautista pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and a strikeout. 

Matt Wisler pitched seven innings giving up two hits and a run with eight strikeouts and he won his first game of the season.  Lucas Sims pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with three walks, Sam Freeman pitched 2/3 of an inning and Peter Moylan pitched an inning giving up two hits. 

Michael Conforto drew a walk, Brandon Nimmo had an RBI and drew a walk and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and an RBI.  Todd Frazier had a hit and an RBI, Wilmer Flores had a hit and Gonzalez had two hits and an RBI.  Jose Lobaton drew a walk, Amed Rosario had a hit, Frazier and Gonzalez each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

Ender Inciarte had a hit and drew a walk, Ozzie Albies had two hits and drew a walk and Freddie Freeman had two hits and an RBI.  Nick Markakis had two hits and two RBI, Kurt Suzuki had three hits, three RBI and drew a walk and Preston Tucker had two hits and five RBI.  Dansby Swanson had a hit and an RBI, Ryan Flaherty drew two walks and Albies, and Swanson each hit a double and Suzuki and Tucker each hit two doubles.  Suzuki hit a homerun and the Braves were 4-11 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

In the first Freeman hit a sac fly to give the Braves a 1-0 lead.  Suzuki hit a two-run homerun and it was 3-0 Braves.  In the third Markakis hit an RBI single to push the lead to 4-0.  Tucker hit a two-run double and it was 6-0.  In the fifth Frazier hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-1.  In the seventh Tucker hit a three-run double to extend the lead to 9-1.  Swanson hit an RBI double and it was 10-1.  In the eighth Gonzalez hit a solo homerun, Nimmo drew an RBI walk and Cabrera hit a sac fly to make it 10-4.  In the eighth Markakis hit a sac fly to make it 11-4 and Suzuki hit an RBI double to make it 12-4 which was the final score.