July 2nd 2014 -- Braves 3, Mets 1

Wednesday night in Atlanta, Jacob deGrom had a horrible first inning as he threw 47 pitches allowing the Braves to score 3 runs. The Braves beat the Mets 3-1. In that first inning B.J. Upton singled, then deGrom walked Andrelton Simmons and Freddie Freeman back to back to load the bases.  deGrom almost got out of it striking out Justin Upton and getting Jason Heyward to pop out. But Chris Johnson doubled home 3 runs and it was 3-0 Braves. Meanwhile,  Julio Terheran had the Mets at bay. The only Met run came in the top of the 4^th on a sac-fly by Curtis Granderson that brought home Eric Young Jr.  deGrom last 5 innings he allowed 6 hits 3 runs (all earned) he walked 3 and struck out 8. Vic Black, Jeurys Familia, Josh Edgin and Jenrry Mejia threw scoreless relief.  Teheran went 7 allowing just 4 hits allowing the 1 run (earned) walking 3 and striking out 5.  deGrom takes the loss and falls to 1-5. Teheran gets the win he’s now 8-5. Jordan Walden pitched the 9^th and picked up his 3^rd save.  The road trips ends at a disastrous 1-6. With the sweep by the Braves the Mets are now 11 games under .500 and 10 games out of first in the NL East. The Mets stand at 37-48 overall and 20-27 on the road. The Mets are off on Thursday, Friday night its back to Citi Field to host the Rangers over the July 4^th weekend. Friday night Jonathon Niese (5-4  2.88) goes for the Mets, Nick Tepesch  (3-3  3.65) goes for Texas.