ATLANTA — True to type, Jacob deGrom was principally dominant Friday night time at Truist Park. But his errors have been huge and the Atlanta Braves made him pay for 3 errors he made proper down the center.
The Mets fell 5-2 and the 2 groups at the moment are tied atop the NL East standings with 98-59 information.
With a packed crowd available to see a collection that may doubtless decide the winner of the division, the Mets had their ace on the hill going through Atlanta’s ace, left-hander Max Fried. They began out properly with deGrom retiring the facet so as within the first and the Mets taking a 1-0 lead on Fried and the Braves within the prime of the second.
But the lead was short-lived as deGrom then gave up back-to-back house runs to Austin Riley and Matt Olson within the backside of the body. He would quit one other one to Dansby Swanson within the sixth to place the Mets in a 3-0 gap.
This was deGrom’s second straight loss (5-4) and although it wasn’t fairly as dangerous because the final day trip, the two-time Cy Young Award winner was clearly pissed off. DeGrom allowed solely the three solo pictures and two different hits for 5 over six innings. He struck out 11, together with 5 straight over the fourth and fifth innings, and walked none.
Meanwhile, Fried (14-8) was practically unhittable for 5 innings, exiting with an sickness after simply 71 pitches. Maybe we’ll look again on this recreation and name it Fried’s flu recreation, because the Mets managed just one run on 4 hits off him, all singles. He struck out three and didn’t situation a stroll earlier than the Bally Sports cameras caught him practically vomiting right into a trash can within the dugout.
Tylor Megill took over for deGrom within the seventh and was tagged for 2 instantly. Matt Olson singled to steer off and former Mets’ catcher Travis d’Arnaud doubled him house. A fly ball by Eddie Rosario scored d’Arnaud to make it 5-1 in favor of the house group.
Tomas Nido minimize the result in three runs with a solo house run within the eighth and Eduardo Escobar, who drove in all 5 Mets runs in a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, went 2-for-3 with a double and a stroll. But it’s clear that the offensive struggles from earlier within the week have carried over.
In an try to spark some offense on the DH spot, the Mets known as up prime prospect Francisco Alvarez and hit him seventh behind Escobar. He had a number of good at-bats however finally went 0-for-4 in his debut, and struck out with the bases loaded within the ninth. It was the one time the Mets actually threatened within the recreation.
Tyler Naquin battled Kenley Jansen (38 saves) with two outs and the bases loaded however finally struck out on a nine-pitch at-bat.
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