September 20th 2014 -- Mets 4, Braves 2

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 3^rd 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 6^th.  In the 8^th Granderson made it 4-0 with a solo homer, his 19^th on the year.  The Braves broke through with 2 runs in the bottom of the 8^th 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 9^th for his 27^th 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.