Mets vs. Braves Game 73 Recap

The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 1-0 in 11 innings to win their second consecutive game and improve their record to 40-33. They are now only 2 games out of first place in the National League East after the Washington Nationals lost their seventh consecutive game tonight. 2B Kelly Johnson drove in the only run of the game with a solo home run in the top of the eleventh inning. RHP Jacob deGrom was outstanding with 8 shutout innings. He gave up 8 hits and one hit. He had 6 strikeouts. It's a shame he wasn't able to get any run support and get a win. He deserved to get one after his performance. It's been the story of deGrom's story, since he hasn't had a win since April 30th. He's been far better than his record shows. After deGrom was taken out, LHP Jerry Blevins got the first out in the bottom of the ninth inning. RHP Addison Reed came in after that and got the lasr 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth as well as a scoreless bottom of the tenth innings. In all, he pitched a total of 1 2/3 scoreless innings and picked up his second win of the season. RHP Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless eleventh inning and picked up his 26th save of the season.