June 12th 2015 -- Mets 5, Braves 3

Friday night at Citi Field, John Mayberry’s two run homer in the bottom of the 4^th gave the Mets the 3-0 lead. The Mets beat the Braves by the score of 5-3.  The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 2^nd on a solo homer by Wilmer Flores, for Flores his 10^th on the year, he now leads the club.  In the bottom of the 4^th Mayberry crashed his 3^rd homer on the year, a two run shot and the Mets had a 3-0 lead.  The Braves scored 2 in the top of the 5^th. A.J. Pierzynski scored on a fielder’s choice by pitcher Alex Wood to make it 3-1.  Jace Peterson then hit an RBI double to score Johnny Gomes to make it 3-2 Mets.  In the 6^th Mayberry scored on a RBI ground out by Eric Campbell and it was 4-2.  In the 7^th the Braves made it 4-3 when Nick Markakis grounded into a double play allowing Jace Peterson to score. The Mets made it 5-3 in the 7^th when Michael Cuddyer’s RBI double scored Darrell Ceciliani.  Bartolo Colon went 6 allowing 6 hits 2 runs (both earned) walking 2 and striking out 3. He gets the win improving to 9-4. Alex Torres and Carlos Torres got the Mets to the 9^th.  Jeurys Familia pitched the 9^th for his 18^th save.  Alex Wood takes the loss for the Braves he falls to 4-4.  John Mayberry led the Mets with 2 hits the homer and 2 RBI.  With the win the Mets improve to 33-29 on the year and they also improve to 23-10 at Citi Field.  The Nats lost in Milwaukee and the Mets now lead the NL east by 1 ½ games. Saturday afternoon it’s game two of the series.  Jacob deGrom (7-4 2.42) goes for the Mets, Shelby Miller (5-2 1.84) goes for the Braves.