July 9th 2014 -- Mets 4, Braves 1

Travis d’Arnaud hit a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 7^th inning. The Mets beat the Braves Wednesday night at Citi Field 4-1.  The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Lucas Duda.  Dillon Gee started for the Mets. In his first outing off the disabled list he was brilliant. He went 7 innings allowing just 6 hits 1 run (earned) walking 1 and striking out 4. The Braves tied the game off Gee in the top of the 6^th on an RBI double by  B.J. Upton. But that’s all the Braves got off the Gee and the Mets. The Mets scored 3 times in the bottom of the 7^th on a sac fly by Kirk Nieuwenhuis and then the 2 run dinger by d’Arnaud his 6^th  on the year and 3^rd since returning from Las Vegas.  Ervin Santana started for the Braves and took the loss, Gee gets the win improving to 4-1. Jenrry Mejia pitched the 9^th for the 9^th save on the year. The Braves out hit the Mets 8 to 6, Daniel Murphy led the way for the Mets with a pair of hits. The Mets have taken the first 3 games of this series with the Braves and have now won four in a row for the first time in nearly a year. The Mets are now .500 at home standing at 22-22. Overall they are now 42-49. Thursday night the Mets go for the sweep of the series. Bartolo Colon (8-7  4.04) goes for the Mets, Aaron Harang (8-6  3.67) goes for Atlanta.