ATLANTA — Two straight days of offensive fireworks appeared as if it would lengthen to 3 for the Mets after Mark Vientos’ second-inning homer Sunday.
The Mets had a two-run lead, and although it was too early to odor a sweep, life was good for supervisor Carlos Mendoza’s crew. Alternatives escaped over the subsequent seven innings, together with the Mets’ sweep.
Annoyed with runners in scoring place, the Mets misplaced 4-3 to the Braves at Truist Park to finish a .500 highway journey towards two sputtering NL East foes (the Nationals have been the opposite). Now it’s on to the category of the division, with the Phillies headed to Citi Discipline for 3 video games. The Phillies lead the Mets by seven video games for first place.
Gregory Soto, who had been unscored upon in his first 10 aid appearances with the Mets, surrendered a tiebreaking two-run single within the eighth to Jurickson Profar. Soto plunked pinch-hitter Vidal Brujan to load the bases with two outs within the eighth earlier than Profar delivered the go-ahead two-run single.
The Mets had mixed to attain 21 runs in successful the primary two video games of this sequence, however the bats cooled an evening after they hit six house runs.
Juan Soto’s RBI single within the ninth — the Mets’ third hit of the inning — reclaimed a run however Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil have been retired in succession with the tying and go-ahead runs on base. The Mets completed 1-for-9 with runners in scoring place.
David Peterson rolled into the sixth earlier than struggling to seek out the strike zone and failing to finish the inning, after the Braves tied it 2-2. Total, the left-hander pitched 5 ²/₃ innings and allowed two earned runs on 5 hits with eight strikeouts and 4 walks. Peterson’s begin was the primary in three video games by which a Mets pitcher didn’t end no less than six innings — Nolan McLean and Clay Holmes went back-to-back with deep outings to open the sequence.
Peterson escaped first-inning hassle by hanging out Marcell Ozuna and retiring Ozzie Albies after he had walked Profar main off and surrendered a single to Ronald Acuña Jr.
Vientos homered in a 3rd straight at-bat over two video games to present the Mets a 2-0 lead within the second inning. It was the fifth homer in seven video games for Vientos and his twelfth this season. Vientos jumped on a 3-1 slider from Bryce Elder and cleared the left-field fence after McNeil had walked to open the inning.
Peterson loaded the bases within the sixth by strolling Nacho Alvarez Jr. with two outs earlier than Sean Murphy’s two-run single tied it 2-2. Brooks Raley entered to retire Nick Allen for the ultimate out. The Braves’ rally began with a stroll to Ozuna and continued with Michael Harris II’s two-out single.
Cedric Mullins, Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto all drew two-out walks within the seventh, however lefty reliever Dylan Lee retired Alonso to finish the menace.
McNeil acquired plunked main off the eighth, and the go-ahead run acquired to second base on a wild pitch with two outs earlier than Ronny Mauricio was retired.
