April 19th 2014 -- Braves 6, Mets 0

Friday Night at Citi Field  Aaron Harang no hit the Mets for 7 innings  as the Braves beat the Mets 6-0. Harang was brilliant on the night leaving after 7 when he reached 121 pitches.  It was up to Luis Avialn and the Brave bullpen to keep the no-no, but with 2 outs in the 8^th David Wright singled to left to break the curse. That hit, was all the Mets could muster. Jon Niese started for the Met and was terrific, but just not good enough on this night. Niese went 6 strong innings allowing 4 hits 1 run, earned he walked 3 and struck out 7. He takes the hard luck loss falling to 0-2. The only run off Niese, and the only run the Braves needed came in the top of the 1^st thanks to an RBI double by Chris Johnson.  Carlos Torres pitched a scoreless 7^th to keep the Mets close, but then the Braves got to Gonzalez Germen  and Scott Rice for 5 runs in the top of the eight to nail down the win.  In the top of the 9^th Justin Upton got to Jeurys Familia for a sac fly to cap the scoring.  David Wright’s hit improved his hitting streak to 9 straight. The Braves ended up with 12 hits on the night, Johnson led the way going 3 for 4. Freddie Freeman had a two run homer of Germen in the 8^th his 5^th on the year. With the loss the Mets modest 3 game winning streak goes by the boards. The Mets now stand at 8-8 (2-5 at Citi Field). Saturday night it’s game 2 of the series. Ervin Santana (1-0  0.64) goes for the Braves, Bartolo Colon (1-2 6.00) goes for the Mets.