August 27th 2014 -- Braves 3, Mets 2

Wednesday night at Citi Field, a 3^rd inning error by Ruben Tejada proved to be the difference, the Braves beat the Mets 3-2. Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and got off to a rocky start when Jason Heyward led off the game with a solo homer to left, his 11^th on the year to make it 1-0. The Mets tied the game at one in the bottom of the 2^nd when Wilmer Flores hit a solo homer, his 2^ndof the year.  In the 3^rd after a bunt single by Phil Gosselin and a double by Freddie Freeman, the Braves had 2^nd and 3^rd with 1 out.  A ground out by Justin Upton made it 2-1, then Tejada booted a grounder by Evan Gattis and it was 3-1. In the 8^th against Jordan Walden, the Mets made it 3-2 when the red hot Juan Lagares singled to center scoring Eric Young Jr. but that’s all the Mets could manage. They threatened against Greg Kimbrel in the 9^th but he danced through raindrops for his 39^th save on the year.  Zach Wheeler started for the Mets and pitched well enough to win, but instead had his 6 game winning streak snapped. He went 7 allowing just 4 hits 3 runs (only 2 earned) he walked 3 and struck out 7. Wheeler takes the loss falling to 9-9. Julio Teheran got the win improving to 13-9.  The Mets offense only managed 6 hits on the night, Lagares and Eric Campbell each had 2 hits apiece.  The Mets now stand at 62-71 overall and 31-33 at home.  Thursday night the Mets look to win the rubber game of this 3 game set. Jonathon Niese (7-9  3.47) goes for the Mets,  Mike Minor (5-8  4.90) goes for Atlanta.