The New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves

 

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 8-3.  Jake deGrom started and pitched great and the Mets offense was great collecting 18 hits. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up seven hits and no runs with 11 strikeouts.  deGrom picked up his second win of the season.  Buddy Carlyle pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts, Dana Eveland pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs and Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and striking out one. 

Julio Teheran lost his sixth game of the season pitching 3 1/3 innings giving up 11 hits and five runs.  He walked two and struck out two.  David Hale pitched 2 2/3 innings giving up two hits and a run and David Carpenter pitched two innings giving up five hits and two runs with a strikeout. 

Curtis Granderson had two hits and an RBI, Daniel Murphy had two hits and two RBI and David Wright had two hits and an RBI.  Lucas Duda had three hits, an RBI and drew two walks, Juan Lagares had two hits and an RBI and Travis d'Arnaud had two hits.  Ruben Tejada had two hits, deGrom had a hit and Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a hit and an RBI.  Eric Young Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Murphy and Duda each hit two doubles and Nieuwenhuis hit a double.  Granderson hit a homerun and the Mets were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  d'Arnaud committed an error. 

B.J. Upton had three hits, Andrelton Simmons drew a walk and Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBI.  Justin Upton had two hits, Jayson Heward had three hits and an RBI and Chris Johnson had a hit.  Tommy  La Stella had a hit, Christian Bethancourt had a hit and the Braves were 3-13 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.  B.J. Upton had a stolen base and Heyward had two stolen bases.  Bethancourt had a passed ball. 

Granderson hit a solo homerun in the first inning to give them a 1-0 lead.   In the second Murphy hit a two run double and Wright hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 4-0 lead.  Young Jr. hit an RBI single in the third to make it 5-0.  Duda hit an RBI double in the sixth and Nieuwenhuis hit an RBI double in the seventh to make it 7-0.  In the eighth Simmons hit an RBI single to make it a 7-1 game.  Lagares hit an RBI single in the eighth to make it 8-1 and then the Braves scored a couple of runs in the ninth on a Freeman two run single.  The final score of the game was 8-3 Mets.  The two teams will play game three of the four game series on Wednesday night.  The Mets have taken the first two games of the series.