Mets vs. Braves Game 67 Recap

The New York Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves 4-3 tonight to lose their second consecutive game and drop their record to 36-31. LHP Steven Matz gave up 2 runs in 6 innings. He gave up 4 hits and 2 walks. He had 7 strikeouts. He picked the no-decision. RHP Jim Henderson gave up a run in the seventh inning. RHP Addison Reed gave up a run in the eighth and took the loss. This is the second consecutive outing for Reed where he gave up a run after not allowing a run since April 30th. Reed was bound to have a slump sooner or later after having a dominant stretch over the last month or so. The offfense had 2 solo homer by CF Yoenis Cespedes and 3B Wilmer Flores. Catcher Rene Rivera added a sacrifice fly. The Mets had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, but Flores was thrown out at home plate trying to score from first base on a double by 1B James Loney. It was a poor decision by third base coach Tim Teufel to send Flores with no out in the inning, and it wound up costing the Mets the game. Hopefully this type of baserunning mistake won't happen again and that Teufel and Flores both learn from this.