July 1st 2014 -- Braves 5, Mets 4

Tuesday night at Turner Field, the Braves scored 3 times in the bottom of the 4^th inning they go on to beat the Mets 5-4. The Mets have now dropped five out of six on this road trip. The Mets took a 2-1 lead in the 3^rd inning off Mike Minor on a solo home run by Curtis Granderson, his 12^th on the year. The Braves tied the game in the bottom of the 3^rd on an RBI double by Freddie Freeman. In the bottom of the 4^th The Braves scored three off Daisuke Matsuzaka. Mike Minor singled to make it 3-2, then Andrelton Simmons singled home Minor and B.J. Upton to make it 5-2 Braves.  In the 5^th Daniel Murphy made it a 1 run game when he hit a 2 run homer, his 7^th on the year knocking Minor out of the box. The Braves bullpen slammed the door going 4 2/3 of scoreless innings allowing just 1 hit while striking out 8. Shae Simmons got the win he’s now 1-0. Craig Kimbrel struck out the side in the 9^th for this 26^th save.  Matsuzaka went 5 innings he allowed 7 hits 5 runs (all earned) he walked 3 and struck out 5. He falls to 3-3.  Carlos Torres pitched 3 hitless innings in relief striking out 4 keeping the Mets in the game. Granderson, Eric Campbell and Juan Lagares each had 2 hits apiece. Travis d’Arnaud singled in the 8^th extending his hit streak to 7 games.  With loss the Mets fall 10 games under .500 for the first time this year and are 9 games behind the Braves in the NL east.  They stand at 20-26 on the road and 37-47 on the year. Wednesday night the Mets look to salvage the final game of the series. Jacob deGrom (1-4 3.62), Julio Teheran (7-5 2.34) goes for Atlanta.