New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.  The game took place at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 12-3.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  Amed Rosario had two hits to lead the Mets offense. 

Wheeler lost his fifth game of the season and he pitched six innings giving up ten hits and five runs with four of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out four.  Jeurys Familia pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and three runs with two walks, Drew Gagnon pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with three walks and Brooks Pounders pitched to one batter and struck him out. 

Mike Soroka pitched six innings giving up six hits and three runs with a walk and two strikeouts.  Soroka won his eighth game of the season.  Jacob Webb pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a walk, A.J. Minter pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk and Jerry Blevins pitched a perfect inning.  Grant Dayton pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk with three strikeouts. 

Pete Alonso had a hit and an RBI, Robinson Cano had a hit and an RBI and Michael Conforto had a hit.  Wilson Ramos had a hit, Todd Frazier drew a walk and Rosario had two hits.  Juan Lagares drew a walk and Wheeler had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk.  Dom Smith drew a walk, Rosario hit a double and Cano hit a homerun.  The Mets were 2-10 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Rosario , had a stolen base, Alonso committed an error and Ramos had a pickoff. 

Ronald Acuna Jr. had three hits and two RBI with a walk, Dansby Swanson drew a walk and Freddie Freeman had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk.  Josh Donaldson had two hits, Nick Markakis had two hits and two RBI and Austin Riley drew two walks.  Brian McCann had three hits, two RBI and drew two walks, Ozzie Albies had three hits and four RBI and Matt Joyce had a hit.  Acuna Jr., McCann and Albies each hit a homerun and the Braves were 5-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base.  Acuna Jr. was picked off. 

In the first Acuna Jr. hit a solo homerun, Markakis reached on a fielding error to allow a run to score and it was 2-0 Braves.  In the third Alonso hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.  In the fifth Wheeler hit an RBI single to tie the game at two.  In the bottom of the fifth Markakis hit a two-run single and the Braves took a 4-2 lead.  Albies hit an RBI single and the lead was pushed to 5-2.  In the sixth Cano hit a solo homerun cutting the lead to 5-3.  In the bottom of the seventh Albies hit a two-run single and the lead was 7-3.  Acuna hit an RBI single, Freeman drew an RBI walk and it was 9-3.  In the eighth McCann hit a two-run homerun and Albies hit a solo homerun to make it a 12-3 game and that would be the final score.  The two teams will play game two on Tuesday night.