New York Mets drop a close one to the Atlanta Braves

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 5-4.  David Peterson started for the Mets and he pitched ok and the Mets offense only managed four hits. 

Peterson pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and five strikeouts.  Drew Smith pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and a walk with two strikeouts, Miguel Castro pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Aaron Loup pitched giving up three hits and a run without recording an out.  Justin Barnes pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts and he took his first loss of the season. 

Charlie Morton started for the Braves and he pitched six innings giving up two hits and a run with eight strikeouts.  A.J. Minter pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three unearned runs with a walk and a strikeout, Luke Jackson pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and Chris Martin pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout.  Will Smith pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Jonathan Villar had a hit and an RBI, Dom Smith had a hit and James McCann drew a walk.  Jose Peraza had a hit and an RBI, Tomas Nido had a hit and two RBI and Peraza hit a double and Villar hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-4 with runners in scoring position and left two men on base.  Maybin had a stolen base. 

Ronald Acuna Jr. had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks.  Freddie Freeman had two hits and Austin Riley had two hits.  Dansby Swanson had two hits, William Contreras had a hit and an RBI and Guillermo Heredia had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Morton had a hit and an RBI, Riley and Swanson each hit a double and Acuna Jr. hit a homerun.  The Braves were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Swanson was caught stealing.  Minter committed an error. 

In the fourth Villar hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the fifth Heredia hit an RBI single to tie the game at one.  Morton hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-1  and Acuna drew an RBI walk to make it a 3-1 game.  In the seventh Peraza hit an RBI double cutting the lead to 3-2 and Nido hit a two-run single giving the Mets a 4-3 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Conteras hit an RBI single to tie the game at four.  In the bottom of the ninth Acuna Jr. hit a walk-off solo homerun to give the Braves a 5-4 victory.