August 26th 2014 -- Mets 3, Braves 2

Tuesday night in Flushing, Juan Lagares blasted a 2 run homer and Dillon Gee pitched 6 2/3 strong innings, the Mets beat the Braves 3-2. The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 2^nd on a RBI single by Ruben Tejada.  In the 4^th Justin Upton hit an RBI double to tie the game at 1. Then in the 4^th Lagares hit the 2 run shot his 4^th on the year go give the Mets a 3-1 lead.  Tommy La Stella hit an RBI double to make it 3-2 in the 7^th and chased Gee. Jeurys Familia came in and finished the 7^th and 8^th innings. Jenrry Mejia pitched the 9^th for this 19^th save.  Gee went 6 2/3 allowing 6 hits 2 runs (both earned) he walked 2 and struck out 1. He gets the win improving to 5-6 on the year. Alex Wood takes the loss falling to 9-10.  Offensively Lagares and Travis d’Arnaud let the way with 2 hits apiece. Lagares has now homered in 2 of his last 3 games. The Mets improve to 62-70 on the  year and 31-32 at home.  Wednesday night is game two of the series. Zach Wheeler (9-8  3.48) goes for the Mets, Julio Terheran (12-9  2.96) goes for Atlanta.