New York Mets win game one of a doubleheader over the Atlanta Braves

 

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 5-4.  David Peterson started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch great, the bullpen pitched well.  Travis Jankowski and Pete Alonso each had two hits to lead the offense. 

Peterson pitched five innings giving up four hits and four runs with three being earned.  He walked three and struck out six and won his first game of the season.  Adam Ottavino pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Drew Smith pitched two innings giving up a walk and he struck out two and Edwin Diaz picked up his fifth save of the season pitching an inning and giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Charlie Morton started for the Braves and he pitched 5 2/3 innings giving up six hits and five runs with four being earned.  He walked three and struck out three and took his third loss of the season.  Jesse Chavez pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

Jankowski had two hits and drew a walk, Mark Canha had an RBI and Francisco Lindor had an RBI.  Alonso had two hits and two RBI, Eduardo Escobar had a hit and an RBI and Starling Marte had a hit.  Luis Guillorme drew two walks, Tomas Nido had a hit and the Mets were 3-9 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Jankowski had a stolen base and Marte was caught stealing.  Peterson committed an error. 

Matt Olso had a hit, three RBI and drew two walks, Austin Riley had a hit an ddrew a walk and Adam Duvall drew a walk.  Dansby Swanson had a hit, Travis Demeritte had a hit and an RBI, Orlando Arcia had a hit and Swanson hit a double.  Olson hit a homerun and the Braves were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.  Morton and d’Arnaud committed an error. 

In the bottom of the first Alonso hit an RBI single, Escobar hit an RBI single and the Mets had a 2-0 lead.  In the second Demeritte hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 2-1.  In the bottom of the second Lindor hit into a force out and a run scored pushing the lead to 3-1.  Alonso hit an RBI single and it was 4-1 Mets.  In the bottom of the fourth Canha hti a sac fly making it a 5-1 game.  In the fifth Olson hit a three-run homerun cutting the lead to 5-4 and that would be the final score.