September 22nd 2015 -- Braves 6, Mets 2

Tuesday night at Citi Field, the Braves scored 4 times in the top of the 4^th inning as they go on to beat the Mets 6-2.  Logan Verrett was the starter for the Mets and he got an early 1-0 in the bottom of the first courtesy of David Wright. The Mets captain hit an opposite field solo homer his 4^th on the year. In the top of the 5^th the Braves scored 4 times taking control of the game. Jace Peterson led the inning off with a solo homer, his 6^th on the year tying the game at 1.  Michael Bourn then reached on an infield single and was sacrificed to 2^nd. Nick Markakis was intentionally walked to get to Hector Olivera who prompted crushed a 3 run homer, his 2^nd on the year to make it 4-1.  In the 8^th the Mets loaded the bases. Curtis Granderson walked, Wright singled to center. Yoenis Cespedes walked and Michael Cuddyer hit a sac-fly to make it 4-2.  In the 9^th Adonis Garcia hit a pinch-hit 2 run double off Tyler Clippard to make it 6-2. Verrett left after 5, allowing 5 hits, 4 runs (earned), walking 1 and striking out 3.  Matt Wisler went 7 strong allowing 5 hits, 2 runs walking 1 and striking out 8. Wisler gets the win improving to 6-8. Verrett takes the loss falling to 1-2.  Sean Gilmartin pitched 2 scoreless in relief for the Mets.  Wright and Daniel Murphy had 2 hits apiece in the game. Murphy hit a pair of doubles giving him 226 career doubles as a Met, passing Ed Kranepool for 2^nd place the Mets all-time list. (David Wright leads all-time with 381.) With the loss the Mets overall record now stands at 85-66 and they are 48-29 at home. The Orioles beat the Nationals on Tuesday so the Met lead in the NL East stays at 6 ½ games and the Magic number is now 6. Wednesday night it’s the final game of this three game set.  Bartolo Colon (14-12 4.15) goes for the Mets, Williams Perez (6-6 5.16) goes for Atlanta.