June 13th 2015 -- Braves 5, Mets 3 (11 Innings)

Saturday afternoon/evening in Flushing Cameron Maybin’s 2 run single in the top of the 11^th inning broke a 3 all tie. The Braves come back to beat the Mets 5-3. Jacob deGrom started and continued his string of dominant outings on the day. His only mistake was yielding a long solo homer to Freddie Freeman in the 1^st inning. The dinger reached the Shea Bridge and for Freeman it was his 12^th on the year.  That’s all the Braves got off deGrom who went 7 innings allowing 5 hits 1 run (earned) 1 walk and 9 strikeouts.  Shelby Miller started for the Braves and held the Mets scoreless till the 7^th when they broke though. Juan Lagares hit a pinch hit single. Curtis Granderson hit a double down the right field line to make it 2^nd and 3^rd. That brought up Travis d’Arnaud who fisted a single to center scoring both runners for a 2-1 lead.  d’Arnaud advance to 2^nd on a wild pitch.  Lucas Duda then hit his 2^nd double of the game bringing home d’Arnaud for a 3-1 lead.  With two outs in the bottom of the 8^th inning, Bobby Parnell came in a game for the first time since opening day 2014. His return from Tommy John surgery was successfully as he allowed a single to Jonny Gomes but then retired the side getting A.J. Pierzynski to ground out.  The Braves came back to tie the game in the 9^th. Hansel Robles had a chance to notch his 1^st Major League save but he gave up an RBI single to Maybin to make it 3-2. Alex Torres was summoned to face Freeman, and he singled home the game tying run and it was 3-3. That set up the trip to extra innings and Maybin’s winning hit off Carlos Torres. A brilliant outing by deGrom is wasted.  Andrelton Simmons had 4 hits on the day, Maybin drove in 3 and Freeman drove in 2 for the Braves. For the Mets, Duda and Granderson led the way with a pair of hits apiece.  Danny Muno playing 3^rd became the first Met since David Wright in 2006 to make 3 errors in a game. Carlos Torres takes the loss falling to 2-3. Jason Grilli notched the win he’s 2-2. Williams Perez notched his 1^st  Major League save.  With the loss this 3 games set is tied at 1 apiece. The Mets fall to 33-30 on the year and 23-11 at Citi Field.  The Nationals won on Saturday so the Mets now hold a  ½ game lead in the NL East. Sunday afternoon the Mets go for a series win. Dillon Gee (0-3 4.50) goes for the Amazins, Mike Foltynewicz (3-2 4.72) goes for Atlanta.