The New York Mets shutout the Atlanta Braves 4-0

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Turner

Field in Atlanta, Georgia.  Bartolo Colon started for the Mets and pitched very well.  Kyle Farnsworth

and Jose Valverde were able to close out the victory in relief.  Eric Young Jr., Travis d'Arnaud and

Ruben Tejada each had two hits. 

Colon pitched seven innings and giving up six hits and no runs with no walks.  He struck out five and earned his first win of the season.  Farnsworth pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Valverde pitched an inning giving up two hits and no runs with no walks and no strikeouts. 

Aaron Harang pitched six innings and gave up two hits and one run with four walks and nine strikeouts.  Harang lost his first game of the season, Gus Schlosser pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and two runs and Luis Avilan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits. Anthony Varvaro pitched to one batter and retired him, Ian Thomas pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run and Pedro Beato pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit. 

Young Jr. had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Daniel Murphy had a hit and Curtis Granderson drew two walks.  Lucas Duda had a hit, Juan Lagares had a hit and d'Arnaud had two hits.  Tejada had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk, d'Arnaud hit a double and the Mets were 3-11 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Young had two stolen bases and Granderson had a stolen base.  Tejada and Valverde each committed an error. 

B.J. Upton had a hit, Freddie Freeman had a hit and Chris Johnson had a hit.  Justin Upton had two hits, Dan Uggla had a hit and Evan Gattis had a hit.  Andrelton Simmons had a hit, Freeman hit a double and the Braves were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left ten men on base.  Heyward had an outfield assist. 

In the third inning the Mets scored a run on the wild pitch.  In the seventh Tejada hit an RBI single and Young Jr. hit an RBI single to make it 3-0 Mets.  The Mets scored the final run of the game in the eighth on a Tejada RBI single. 

The Mets and Braves will play game two of their three game series on Wednesday night.  The Mets will then head west to play the Anaheim Angels beginning Friday night.