Mets vs. Braves Game 72 Recap

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 8-6 tonight to snap their one game losing streak and improve their record to 39-33. They are now 3 games out of first place in the National League East behind the Washington Nationals. 3B Wilmer Flores hit an RBI double. Catcher Travis d'arnuad had 3 RBI's with a groundout and 2 run single. 1B James Loney hit a 3 run homer. LHP Steven Matz hit a sacrifice fly. Matz only went 4 1/3 innings where he gave up 6 runs. He had no walks and no strikeouts. Matz was rubbing his elbow before the bottom of the inning and was taken out after that. Hopefully it's nothing serious. It's something that the Mets and their medical staff have to keep on due to his history of elbow problems. After Matz was taken out, RHP Hansel Robles came in and continued his outstanding week with 2 2/3 scoreless innings.  He gave 0 walks and 0 hits and had 2 strikeouts. He picked up his 2nd win of the season. LHP Antonio Bastardo got the first 2 outs in the eighth. RHP Jeurys Familia got the last 4 outs and picked up his 25th save of the season.