August 28th 2014 -- Braves 6 Mets 1

Thursday night at Citi Field, Mike Minor had a perfect game into the 5^th inning. The Braves beat the Mets 6-1.  Minor and Jonathon Niese hooked up in a pitching duel for most of this one. The Braves took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second when Minor connected with an RBI single to score Andrelton Simmons.  Minor was perfect until Lucas Duda led off the bottom of the 5^th with a line single over the glove of a leaping Simmons at short.  In the 7^th, the Braves got to Niese as he tired,  Minor led off with a double, and then  was followed by  an RBI triple by Emilio Bonifacio and a RBI single by Freddie Freeman.  The Mets scored their only run of the game in the 8^th when Eric Campbell singled home Travis d’Arnaud who had doubled.  The Braves capped the scoring off Daisuke Matsuzaka in the 9^th with a 2 run homer by Ryan Doumit (4) and an RBI single by Bonifacio.  Niese takes the loss falling to 7-10. He went 7 allowed 8 hits 3 runs (all earned) he walked 1 and struck out 5.  Minor gets the win improving to 6-8. The Mets fall to 10 games under .500 as they drop 2 of 3 to the Braves. They stand at 62-72 and 31-34 at home. Friday night the Phillies come in for a three game weekend series.  Jacob deGrom (6-6 3.13) goes for the Mets, David Buchanan (6-7  4.21) goes for Philadelphia.