The New York Mets lose a wild high scoring game to the Braves

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

Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the final score was 11-10.  Rick Porcello started for the Mets and

he wasn't great and the bullpen was bad.  Robinson Cano had three hits and Brandon Nimmo, J.D.

Davis and Andres Gimenez each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Porcello pitched four innings giving up five hits and four runs with three being earned.  He walked

three and struck out five.  Paul Sewald pitched an inning giving up two hits and a run, Chasen Shreve

pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and five strikeouts and Dellin Betances

pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and four runs with two walks and a strikeout.  Seth

Lugo lost his first game of the season pitching 2/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk.

Sean Newcomb pitched 4 1/3  innings giving up six hits and six runs with a walk and four strikeouts.

Jhoulys Chacin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up five hits and four runs with two walks and two

strikeouts.  Tyler Matzek pitched 1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts, Grant Dayton pitched an

inning giving up a hit and struck out two and won his first game of the season.  Chris Martin earned

his first save of the season pitching an inning giving up a hit and he walked one and struck out one.

Amed Rosario had a hit and an RBI, Nimmo had two hits and Pete Alonso had an RBI and drew two

walks and Davis had two hits and three RBI.  Michael Conforto had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk,

Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and two RBI and Robinson Cano had three hits, two RBI and drew a walk.

Wilson Ramos had a hit, Andres Gimenez had two hits, Cespedes hit a double and DAvis, Cano and

Rosario each hit a homerun and the Mets were 4-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven

men on base.  Nimmo had a stolen base and Davis and Cano each committed an error. 

Ronald Acuna Jr. had a hit, Dansby Swanson had two hits, two RBI and drew a walk and Freddie

Adeiny Hechavarria had a hit and Ender Inciarte drew two walks.  Acuna Jr., Adams, Swanson and

d'Arnaud each hit a double and the Braves were 6-19 with runners in scoring position and left 8 men

on base.  d'Arnaud, Inciarte and Swanson each had a stolen base.  d'Arnaud  committed an error. 

In the first Adams hit an RBI single, d'Arnaud hit an RBI single and the Braves had a 2-0 lead.  In

the fourth Davis hit a two-run homerun to tie the game at two.  In the fifth Cano hit a solo homerun

and the Mets grabbed a 3-2 lead.  Alonso had an RBI walk and it was 4-2 Mets.  Conforto had an

RBI walk and the lead extended to 5-2.  Cespedes hit a two-run double and it was 7-2.  Cano hit an

RBI single to make it an 8-2 game.  In the fifth Adams hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 8-3,

d'Arnaud hit an RBI single and Riley hit an RBI groundout to make it 8-5.  In the sixth Rosario

hit a solo homerun to push the lead to 9-5.  Davis hit an RBI single and it was 10-5.  In the bottom of

the sixth Swanson hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 10-6.  In the eighth Swanson hit an RBI

double making it 10-7.  Freeman drew an RBI walk and the lead was down to 10-8.  d'Arnaud hit a

three-run double to give the Braves a 11-10 lead and that would be the final score. 

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