September 4th - Mets 5, Braves 2

Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, behind Dillon Gee, the Mets snapped their 3 game losing streak, the Mets beat the Braves 5-2. The Mets gave Gee a cushion right away scoring 2 runs in the 1^st on a 2 run homer by Andrew Brown, his 7^th,  and 3 runs in the 3^rd off rookie Kameron Loe highlighted by Lucas Duda’s 13^th homer, a solo shot. After that it was all Gee. Gee went  7 innings allowed just 4 hits, 1 run (earned) he walked 1 and struck out 4. Vic Black pitched the 8^th and gave up the first run of his Met career when Freddie Freeman homered against him (#19). La Troy Hawkins pitched the 9^th for his 7^th save on the year. Gee improves to 11-9 with the win as his era drops to 3.53. Loe takes the loss he falls to 0-2. The Mets pounded out 12 hits on the afternoon. Duda led the way with 3 hits, Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner added 2 hits apiece. The Mets are now 63-75 on the season and 35-37 on the road. Thursday is an off day. Friday night the Mets are in Cleveland for a weekend series against the Tribe.  Zach Wheeler (7-3  3.36) goes for the Mets, former Met prospect Scott Kazmir (7-7  4.36) goes for the Mets. https://www.facebook.com/MetsForum