The New York Mets even their series with the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Saturday evening.  The game took place at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 7-3.  Jacob deGrom started for the Mets and he pitched well.  Gavin Cecchini led the offense with three hits and two RBI. 

deGrom pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run.  He walked two and struck out seven and won his 15^th game of the season.  Jeurys Familia pitched an inning giving up a hit and AJ Ramos pitched an inning giving up two hits and two runs with a walk. 

R.A. Dickey pitched five innings giving up eight hits and five runs with two walks.  Lucas Sims pitched two innings giving up three hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout, Jason Motte pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Max Fried pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts. 

Nori Aoki had two hits, Brandon Nimmo had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Asdrubal Cabrera had a hit and an RBI.  Dominic Smith had two hits and two RBI, Juan Lagares had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Cecchini had three hits and two RBI.  Aoki hit two doubles, Nimmo, Cabrera, Cecchini and Smith each hit a double and the Mets were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left 4 men on base.  Lagares was caught stealing. 

Ender Inciarte had a hit, Ozzie Albies drew a walk and Freddie Freeman had two hits and an RBI.  Kurt Suzuki drew a walk, Rio Ruiz drew a walk and Johan Camargo had a hit.  Jace Peterson had two hits, Dickey had a hit and Lane Adams had a hit and two RBI.  Freeman hit a homerun and the Braves were 2-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Inciarte had an outfield assist.   

In the second Lagares hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  Cecchini hit an RBI single to push the lead to 2-0.  In the third Nimmo hit an RBI double to make it a 3-0 game.  Cabrera hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 4-0.  In the fourth Cecchini hit an RBI double pushing the lead to 5-0.  In the sixth Freeman hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the seventh Smith hit a two-run double to push the lead to 7-1.  In the ninth Adams hit a two-run single cutting the lead to 7-3 but that would be the final score.