ATLANTA — The final time the Mets had been in Atlanta, their stars went dim. This time, the Mets’ largest stars hit like stars early within the sport, however by the top the pitching and hitting failed to come back by.
After an hour and 40 minutes of a rainless rain delay to start out a three-game NL East collection, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso homered, with the latter extending his league result in 22 on the season. But right-handers Carlos Carrasco and Drew Smith (3-2) imploded within the sixth and the Mets misplaced 6-4.
Carrasco began the sixth inning with a 4-1 lead, however a stroll and back-to-back doubles helped the Braves shut the hole to 4-3 and he was eliminated in favor of right-hander Smith earlier than recording an out.
Smith obtained Eddie Rosario to strike out on a excessive fastball for the primary out, however he was burned by his breaking stuff in a while.
Marcell Ozuna lined a double to proper subject with two outs to attain Murphy and tie the sport at 4-4. A wild pitch put him in place to attain on Orlando Arcia’s grounder.
Eduardo Escobar, enjoying out of place at second base, dove to attempt to cease Arcia’s screaming floor ball on the fringe of the filth, nevertheless it obtained previous him for an RBI single.
The harm was performed.
Carrasco, who appeared as if he had turned a nook after his final two begins, was tagged for 4 earned runs on six hits over 5 innings. He walked two and struck out 4, and in addition gave up a house run to Ozzie Albies within the second inning.
Smith was charged with the fifth run. One of the Mets’ key high-leverage arms coming into the season, he now has an ERA of three.74, nevertheless it’s 7.36 over his final eight appearances.
Right-hander Bryce Elder (4-0) got here into the sport with a 1.92, ERA, the bottom amongst all certified starters within the league. He didn’t give the Mets a lot to work with instantly, hanging out the facet within the second inning. But Lindor and Alonso each homered off him within the third inning to place the Mets up 4-1.
Lindor was 1-for-15 over his final 4 video games coming into this one. He walked in his first at-bat, then batting from the left facet of the plate with one on and one out within the third inning, he lifted a slider from Elder into the precise subject stands for his eleventh dwelling run of the season. The lengthy ball gave the Mets a 2-1 lead, and two batters later Alonso made it 4-1 with a two-run shot of his personal.
Elder went six innings, giving up 4 earned on 4 hits, strolling two and hanging out eight. The Mets didn’t previous the fourth inning.
Late within the sport, Albies hit a line drive to the left-field nook off Adam Ottavino. Jeff McNeil bobbled the ball about thrice, failing to make a circus-like play. Albies got here into third standing up, then scored on what gave the impression to be a double play, however was overturned after the Braves challenged an out name at second base.
Last season, it felt like practically all the pieces went proper for the Mets till the very finish once they got here into Atlanta and dropped the division. This season, the Mets can’t put all three features of their sport collectively on a given night time, irrespective of the situation.
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