The New York Mets get blown out by the Atlanta Braves

The New York Mets get blown out by the Atlanta Braves


The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets on Monday afternoon. The final score was 13-5 and the game took place at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia. Daisuke Matsuzaka started for the Mets and was bad, the bullpen had mixed results. Josh Satin and Juan Lagares each had two hits.

Matsuzaka pitched three innings giving up seven hits and six runs with two walks and three strikeouts. He lost his third game of the season, Tim Byrdak pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and striking out one, Gonzalez Germen pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up three hits and two runs and Pedro Feliciano pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs with a walk. Vic Black faced one batter and retired him, David Aardsma pitched an inning giving up two hits and three runs with two of them being earned. He walked three and struck out one and LaTroy Hawkins pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.

Eric Young Jr. had a hit, Daniel Murphy had a hit and an RBI and Satin had two hits. Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI, Lagares had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk and Wilmer Flores drew a walk. Anthony Recker had a hit and drew a walk, Matsuzaka had a hit and an RBI and Zach Lutz had a hit and an RBI. Satin hit two doubles and Lutz hit a double. The Mets were 4-13 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Satin committed an error.

Paul Maholm started for the Braves and pitched five innings giving up six hits and three runs. He walked three and struck out four. Maholm won his 10th game of the season, Luis Ayala pitched a perfect inning, Scott Downs pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up four hits and two runs with a strikeout and David Carpenter pitched 1 2/3 innings striking out a batter. Luis Avilan pitched a perfect inning with a couple of strikeouts.

Jordan Schafer had four hits and an RBI, Justin Upton had two hits and drew two walks and Freddie Freeman had two hits and five RBI. Brian McCann had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk, Cody Johnson had two hits and drew a walk and B.J. Upton had two hits, an RBI and drew a walk. Dan Uggla had a hit and drew a walk, Andrelton Simmons had two hits and three RBI and Joey Terdoslavich had an RBI. Freeman, Simmons and J. Upton each hit a double and B.J. Upton hit two doubles. Freeman hit a homerun and the Braves were 8-20 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Schafer had three stolen bases, Elliott Johnson had one and Schafer committed an error.

In the first Freeman hit a two run double to give the Braves a 2-0 lead. Matsuzaka hit an RBI single in the second to cut the lead to 2-1. Schafer hit an RBI single in the second, Freeman hit a three run homerun and the score was 6-1 Atlanta. Lutz hit an RBI double in the fourth and Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 6-3. Simmons hit a two run double in the fifth to make it an 8-3 game. In the sixth McCann hit an RBI single, B.J. Upton hit an RBI double and the Braves were leading 10-3. Duda hit an RBI single and Lagares hit an RBI single in the seventh to make it 10-5 Braves. In the eighth Simmons reached on a fielding error and two runs scored and Terdoslavich hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 13-5 score which was the final score.

The Braves record improved to 84-53 and the Mets record fell to 62-74. The two teams will play game two of their three game series on Tuesday night.

The Mets get blown out as Johan Santana returns but pitches poorly

The New York Mets were defeated by the Atlanta Braves by the score of 9-3 on Saturday night. The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. Johan Santana started for the Mets and pitched poorly. The Mets bullpen pitched well and Ruben Tejada and Andres Torres led the Mets offense. Kris Medlen started for the Braves and pitched well. The Braves offense was led by Freddie Freeman.  Santana pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up eight hits and eight runs, he walked one and struck out two. Santana lost his eighth game of the season. Jeremy Hefner pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run, Manny Acosta pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts and Jon Rauch pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Frank Francisco pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and striking out the side. Medlen earned his third win of the season pitching 6 1/3 innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and seven strikeouts. Luis Avilan pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and two strikeouts and Cory Gearrin pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and striking out two.
Ruben Tejada had two hits and an RBI, David Wright had a hit and an RBI and Ike Davis had a hit and drew a walk. Scott Hairston had a hit, Mike Baxter had a hit and Torres had two hits and an RBI. Ronny Cedeno drew a walk, Tejada hit a double and Torres a triple. The Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.
Michael Bourn had three hits and an RBI, Reed Johnson had two hits and Jason Heyward had two hits and an RBI. Chipper Jones had a hit and an RBI, Freeman had two hits and five RBI and Dan Uggla had a hit an drew a walk. Janish had a hit, Medlen had a hit and an RBI. Freeman and Johnson each hit a double. Freeman also hit a homerun. The Braves were 6-13 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base.
In the first Freeman hit a two run double to give the Braves a 2-0 lead. The Braves broke the game open in the second with seven runs to make it 9-0. Medlen, Bourn and Heyward had RBI singles. Jones had an RBI single and Freeman hit a three run homerun. The Mets scored a run in the bottom of the inning on a Torres RBI single to make it a 9-1 game. In the eighth the Mets scored two runs to make it 9-3 and that would be the final score. Tejada hit an RBI double and Wright an RBI single.
The Mets record dropped to 54-60 and the Braves improved their record to 66-47. The Mets will try and avoid the three game sweep on Sunday night.