New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves in extra innings

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Friday night.  The game took place at Suntrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 5-3 in 12 innings.  Noah Syndergaard started for the Mets and he pitched well and the bullpen pitched well.  Asdrubal Cabrera, Wilmer Flores and Amed Rosario each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Syndergaard pitched six innings giving up seven hits and three runs with no walks and six strikeouts.  Seth Lugo pitched two innings with two walks and a strikeout, AJ Ramos pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Robert Gsellman pitched two innings giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts and he won his second game of the season.  Jeurys Familia saved his eighth game of the season pitching a perfect inning. 

Sean Newcomb pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with two of them being earned.  He walked three and struck out five.  Dan Winkler pitched an inning with a walk and three strikeouts, Shane Carle pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out one and A.J. Minter pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout.  Arodys Vizcaino pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Josh Ravin pitched two innings giving up two hits and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and he lost his first game of the season. 

Michael Conforto had an RBI and drew a walk, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Cabrera had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Todd Frazier drew a walk, Flores had two hits and an RBI and Jay Bruce had a hit.  Tomas Nido had a hit and drew a walk, Brandon Nimmo drew a walk and Rosario had two hits and an RBI.  Rosario hit two doubles, Bruce hit a double and Cabrera hit two doubles.  The Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Frazier had a stolen base. 

Ender Inciarte had a hit, Ozzie Albies had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Nick Markakis had a hit and drew a walk.  Kurt Suzuki had a hit and an RBI, Preston Tucker had a hit and Dansby Swanson had a hit. 

Ryan Flaherty had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Flaherty and Markakis each hit a double and Albies hit a homerun.  The Braves were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Flaherty and Inciarte each had a stolen base.  Flaherty and Albies each were caught stealing.  Inciarte and Freeman committed an error and Markakis had two outfield assists and Tucker had an outfield assist.   

In the first Albies hit a solo homerun to give the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the third Rosario hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  Conforto hit a sac fly to give them a 2-1 lead.  In the fourth Flores hit an RBI single to push the Mets lead to 3-1.  In the bottom of the fourth Flaherty hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the sixth Suzuki hit a sac fly to tie the game at three.  In the 12^th Cespedes hit an RBI single and Cabrera hit an RBI double to make it 5-3 and that was the final score. 

The two teams will play game three of four on Saturday.