New York Mets lose big to the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.  The game took place

at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 7-1.  Michael Wacha started for the Mets

and he didn't pitch very well.  Michael Conforto and Robinson Cano led the offense with two hits

each. 

Wacha pitched four innings giving up seven hits and five runs with two walks and five strikeouts. 

Wacha lost his first game of the season, Franklyn Kilome pitched four innings giving up two hits and

two runs with five strikeouts. 

Touki Toussaint pitched four innings giving up three hits and no runs with three walks and five

strikeouts.  Luke Jackson pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and a

strikeout, Josh Tomlin won his first game of the season pitching 2 1/3 innings with three strikeouts.

A.J. Minter pitched an giving up a hit and he struck out two and Darren O'Day pitched an inning

giving up a walk. 

Brandon Nimmo drew two walks, Jeff McNeil had a hit and drew two walks and Pete Alonso had a

hit.  Conforto had two hits, Cano had two hits and an RBI and Dom Smith drew a walk.  Cano hit a

double and the Mets were 1-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men on base. 

In the first Ozuna hit a two-run homerun to give the Braves a 2-0 lead.  In the second Tyler Flowers

hit an RBI double to push the lead to 3-0.  Acuna hit an RBI double and it was 4-0.  Ozzie Albies

hit an RBI single to make it 5-0.  In the fifth Cano hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 5-1.  In the bottom

of the fifth Inciarte hit an RBI single to push the lead to 6-1 and in the bottom of the sixth Acuna Jr.

hit a solo homerun making it 7-1 and that was the final score.