Saturday night in Atlanta, Curtis Granderson and Dilson
Herrera went deep and Jon Niese handled the rest as the Mets beat the Braves
4-2. Mike Minor started for the Braves and gave up a run in the top of the
first on a sac-fly by Lucas Duda. Minor left the game after 1 with a shoulder
issue. David Hale relieved Minor and in the 2nd Herrera greeted him with a two
run homer, his 3rd on the year to make it 3-0 Mets. Herrera also
left the game after he pulled a leg muscle running out an infield hit in the 6th. In the 8th Granderson made it 4-0
with a solo homer, his 19th on the year. The Braves broke through with 2 runs in the
bottom of the 8th thanks to a 2 run single by Freddie Freeman off
Josh Edgin. Niese went 7 1/3 he allowed
7 hits 2 runs (both earned) he walked 1 and struck out 5 he gets the win
improving to 9-11, Minor gets the loss falling to 6-12. Jenrry Mejia pitched
the 9th for his 27th save of the year. The Mets have taken
the first two games of their three game set with the Braves. They now stand at
75-80 on the year and are 37-40 on the road. Sunday is their last game in
Atlanta for 2014. Jacob deGrom (8-6 2.68)
goes for the Mets, Ervin Santana (14-9 3.74) goes for the Braves.
1 comment:
Scary to see the type of pitching DeGrom matches up against now.
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