Thursday, June 24, 2021

New York Mets are shutout by the Atlanta Braves

 

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-0.  Marcus Stroman started for the Mets and he only pitched an inning and left with an injury.  The Mets bullpen pitched pretty well and the offense only managed two hits. 

Stroman pitched an inning giving up two walks.  Yennsy Diaz pitched two innings giving up three hits and three runs with two walks and three strikeouts and lost his first game of the season.  Drew Smith pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out three, Aaron Loup pitched three innings giving up a hit and he struck out four and Trevor May pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Charlie Morton started for the Braves and he pitched seven innings giving up a hit and two walks with 11 strikeouts.  Morton won his seventh game of the season.  A.J. Minter pitched an inning with a strikeout and Will Smith saved his 15th game of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit. 

Billy McKinney drew a walk, James McCann had a hit and Luis Guillorme drew a walk.  Jerad Eickhoff had a hit, McCann hit a double and the Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. 

Freddie Freeman drew a walk, Ozzie Albies had two hits and Abraham Almonte drew two walks.  Austin Riley drew a walk, Dansby Swanson had two hits and three RBI and William Contreras drew a walk.  Ender Inciarte had a hit, Swanson hit a homerun and the Braves were 1-9 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Albies had two stolen bases. 

In the third Swanson hit a three-run homerun giving the Braves a 3-0 lead and that would be the final score. 

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