New York Mets fall to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 9-5.  Zack Wheeler started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch well.  Amed Rosario, Wilson Ramos, Juan Lagares and Jeff McNeil all led the offense with two hits each. 

Wheeler pitched six innings giving up five hits and five runs with four of them being earned.  He walked four and struck out three.  Luis Avilan pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout, Brad Brach pitched an inning giving up three hits and two runs with a strikeout and lost his fourth game of the season.  Edwin Diaz pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and a strikeout and Chris Flexen pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit. 

Max Fried pitched five innings giving up seven hits and five runs with five strikeouts.  Josh Tomlin pitched two innings giving up two hits and he struck out one and won his second game of the season.  Chris Martin pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Shane Greene pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Rosario had two hits and an RBI, Joe Panik had a hit and an RBI and Pete Alonso had a hit and three RBI.  Michael Conforto had a hit, Ramos had two hits and Lagares had two hits.  McNeil had two hits, Lagares hit two doubles and McNeil hit a double.  Alonso hit a homerun and the Mets were 3-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Rosario was caught stealing and committed an error.  Frazier committed an error and Davis had an outfield assist. 

Ronald Acuna Jr. had a hit and an RBI, Ozzie Albies had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Freddie Freeman had a hit and an RBI.  Josh Donaldson had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk, Matt Joyce drew two walks and Charlie Culberson drew a walk.  Adeiny Hechavarria drew a walk, Francisco Cervelli had three hits and three RBI and Rafael Ortega had two hits and an RBI.  Billy Hamilton had a hit, Cervelli hit two doubles and Albies, Donaldson and Freeman each hit a homerun.  The Braves were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the second Cervelli hit a two-run double to give the Braves a 2-0 lead.  In the third Albies hit a solo homerun and Donaldson hit a solo homerun to push the Braves lead to 4-0.  In the bottom of the third Panick hit into an RBI ground out and the Mets cut the lead to 4-1.  In the fifth Rosario hit an RBI single and Alonso hit a three-run homerun giving the Mets a 5-4 lead.  In the sixth Ortega hit an RBI single to tie the game at five.  In the eighth Acuna hit a two-run single to give the Braves a 7-5 lead and in the ninth Freeman hit a solo homerun and Cervelli hit an RBI double to make it 9-5 and that would be the final score. 

The Mets have lost the first two games of the three-game series and will try to salvage the final game on Sunday afternoon.