July 8th 2014 -- Mets 8, Braves 3

Tuesday night at Citi Field Jacob deGrom threw 7 scoreless innings striking out 11 and the Mets got a season high 18 hits as they beat the Braves 8-3.  Curtis Granderson led off the game with a homer for the 3^rd time this year to make it 1-0 after one, for Granderson hit was his team leading 14^th homer.  The Mets scored 3 more in the 2^nd and single runs in the 6^th, 7^th and 8^th . Every batter that got to the plate for the Mets got at least 1 hit.  Lucas Duda led the way going 3 for 3 with an RBI and 2 walks; Daniel Murphy went 2 for 5 with a pair of doubles and 2 RBI. Granderson, David Wright, Juan  Lagares, Travis d’Arnaud and  Ruben Tejada  each all had 2 hits apiece, Wright, Lagares, pinch hitter Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Eric Young Jr. all added an RBI. deGrom was brilliant allowing just allowing 7 hits and gets the win. He’s now 2-5. His ERA drops to 3.38.  The Mets jumped all over Julio Terheran for 11 hits and 5 runs in 3 1/3 innings. He takes the loss falling to 8-6. The Braves scored a run in the 8^th  off Buddy Carlyle and 2 in the ninth off Dana Eveland. Jeurys Familia came in for Eveland and finished it off.  The Mets have now won the first 2 games of this set with Atlanta and 3 straight over all. The 18 hits they amassed Is the most they have ever gotten in a game at Citi Field.  With the win The Mets climb to 41-49 and 21-22 at Citi Field. Wednesday night is game three of the series. Dillon Gee (3-1  2.73) comes off the disabled list to go for the Mets. Ervin Santana (7-5  3.93) goes for the Braves.