New York Mets pound the Atlanta Braves to even their series

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.  The game took place at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 10-2.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and pitched well.  Pete Alonso led the offense with four hits and Jeff McNeil added three hits. 

deGrom pitched 8 1/3 innings giving up five hits and two runs with no walks and ten strikeouts.  deGrom won his fourth game of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched to two batters and struck them both out. 

Julio Teheran pitched four innings giving up eight hits and six runs with three walks and three strikeouts.  Teheran lost his fifth game of the season.  Touki Toussaint pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with three walks and two strikeouts, Grant Dayton pitched an inning giving up two hits and a walk with two strikeouts and Josh Tomlin pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and three strikeouts. 

McNeil had three hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Alonso had four hits, three RBI and drew two walks and Robinson Cano had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Michael Conforto had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, Todd Frazier had a hit, two RBI and drew two walks and Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI.  Carlos Gomez had a hit and drew a walk, Tomas Nido had a hit and deGrom had a hit.  Alonso hit two doubles and McNeil, Conforto, deGrom and Cano each hit a double.  Alonso, Conforto and McNeil each hit a homerun and the Mets were 6-17 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Rosario, Gomez and McNeil each had a stolen base. 

Dansby Swanson had a hit, Freddie Freeman had a hit and an RBI and Josh Donaldson had two hits and an RBI.  Johan Camargo had a hit, Swanson hit a double and Freeman and Donaldson each hit a homerun.  The Braves were 0-3 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. 

In the third Alonso hit an RBI double, Conforto hit an RBI double and Frazier hit an RBI ground out to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.  Rosario hit an RBI single and it was 4-0 Mets.   In the fourth Alonso hit a two-run homerun tp push the Mets lead to 6-0.  In the sixth Cano hit an RBI double, Frazier had an RBI walk and the Mets lead was up to 8-0.  In the eighth Conforto hit a solo homerun to extend the lead to 9-0.  In the ninth McNeil hit a solo homerun and it was 10-0.  In the bottom of the ninth Freeman hit a solo homerun and Donaldson hit a solo homerun making it a 10-2 game.  10-2 would be the final and the two teams will meet on Wednesday afternoon for the rubber game.