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Mets SS Francisco Lindor (Photo Credits to John Jones-Imagn Images)
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The New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 14-3 tonight at home at Citi Field for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 45-62.
The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after RF A.J. Ewing led off with a single and SS Francisco Lindor followed with a RBI triple.
After a scoreless bottom of the second, Ewing led off the bottom of the third with another single and then stole second and Lindor followed with a two-run homer.
In the bottom of the sixth, LF Tyrone Taylor led off with a single and 2B Marcus Semien followed with a two-run homer.
In the bottom of the seventh, DH Francisco Alvarez led off with a walk and 1B Jared Young followed with a single. Taylor came up next and delivered once again with another three-run homer, after hitting a three-run homer in his last game and sixth home run overall this month.
Semien followed with a walk and catcher Luis Torrens followed with a ground-rule double. Two batters later, Lindor walked and then 3B Bo Bichette followed by driving in Semien with a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the eighth, Alvarez led off with a walk and two batters later, Taylor singled. Semien followed with a single to load the bases and then Torrens drove in Young with a sacrifice fly.
Ewing followed with a sacrifice fly to bring in Taylor and then Lindor followed by capping off his stellar nighr at the plate with a three-run homer.
Mets LHP Zac Thornton got off to a rocky start in the top of the first after he gave up back-to-back singles to RF Ronald Acuna Jr and DH Drake Baldwin to start the game.
Thornton was able to get 1B Matt Olson to ground into a double play, but then gave up a RBI single to 2B Ozzie Albies.
Thornton was able to settle down striking out the last hitter he faced in the top of the first and then had a 1-2-3 top of the second with two strikeouts.
He had a 1-2-3 top of the third to retire seven consecutive hitters and then ran into trouble in the top of the fourth.
Thornton gave up a lead-off walk to Olson and then a two-run homer to Albies.
Thornton was then helped out by his defense after he was able to get double-play grounders to end the top of the fourth and top of the fifth.
He finished up strong with a 1-2-3 top of the sixth and was taken out with one out in the top of the seventh.
Thornton's final line was 6.1 innings, six hits, three earned runs, one walk and five strikeouts.
He picked up his second career win in five major league starts.
RHP Huascar Brazoban came in next and picked up last two outs in the top of the seventh.
RHP Daniel Duerte followed and closed it out with two scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth with three strikeouts.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, July 28 at home against the Braves at 7:10 p.m.
