New York Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night.  The game took place at Sun Trust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 6-3.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and pitched well.  The Mets bullpen pitched pretty well and Pete Alonso and Amed Rosario each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Matz pitched six innings giving up four hits and two runs with a walk and eight strikeouts.  Matz won his first game of the season.  Robert Gsellman pitched an inning giving up two hits and a walk with two strikeouts, Luis Avilan pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run and Jeurys Familia pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk and two strikeouts.  Edwin Diaz earned his fifth save of the season pitching an inning and giving up two hits and he struck out two. 

Kevin Gausman pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up four hits and runs with three walks and five strikeouts.  Gausman took his first loss of the season.  Wes Parsons pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a walk, Jonny Venters pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts and Josh Tomlin pitched 1 1/3 innings with a strikeout.  Luke Jackson pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with a strikeout. 

Brandon Nimmo drew a walk, Alonso had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Michael Conforto drew two walks.  Wilson Ramos had a hit and drew two walks, Jeff McNeil had a hit and Rosario had two hits and four RBI.  Juan Lagares had a hit and drew a walk, Alonso and Rosario each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Broxton had a stolen base. 

Josh Donaldson had a hit, Freddie Freeman had a hit and Ronald Acuna Jr. had three hits and two RBI.  Dansby Swanson had a hit and drew a walk, Johan Camargo had a hit and an RBI and Tyler Flowers had two hits and drew a walk.  Matt Joyce drew a walk, Freeman and Donaldson each hit a double and Acuna hit a triple.  Camargo and Acuna Jr. each hit a homerun and the Braves were 1-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base.  Swanson had a stolen base. 

In the first Acuna hit an RBI triple to give the Braves a 1-0 lead.  In the second Rosario hit a three-run homerun to give the Mets a 3-1 lead.  In the second Camargo hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 3-2.  In the sixth Rosario hit an RBI single and it was 4-2 Mets.  In the seventh Alonso hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 6-2.  In the eighth Acuna hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 6-3 and that would be the final score. 

The two teams will play game two of four on Friday night.