Mets Beat Braves 4-3 After Tomas Nido Delivers Clutch Homer in Ninth

Mets catcher Tomas Nido (Credits to Brett Davis-USA Today Sports) The New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves tonight in Atlanta for their second consecutive win and improved their record to 20-16. The offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the top of the third inning after reliever RHP Tommy Hunter singled with one out and two batters later 3B Jonathan Villar hit a two-run homer. It was the first hit of Hunter's 14-year career and his fifth plate appearance. The bats went quiet for the next few innings until the top of the sixth after SS Francisco Lindor led off the inning with a ground-out double, 1B Dominic Smith followed by reaching on an infield single and then 1B Pete Alonso hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Lindor. In the top of the ninth inning with two outs, catcher Tomas Nido came though with one of the biggest hits of this young season with a solo homer, his second of the season. Reliever RHP Miguel Castro got the start as an "opener" in the bottom of the first and threw a scoreless inning with a strikeout. RHP Tommy Hunter followed with two scorless innings in the bottom of the second and third innings which included four strikeouts and one walk. It was Hunter's fourth scoreless appearance of two innings so far this year. RHP Robert Gsellman came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the fourth, but stayed in for the bottom of the fifth inning and gave up a solo homer to 3B Austin Riley. RHP Trevor May gave up a solo homer to 1B Freddie Freeman in the bottom of sixth. LHP Aaron Loup then threw a scorless bottom of the seventh, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the eighth. Loup gave up a lead-off double to pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza and was then taken out for RHP Jeurys Familia. Familia walked RF Ronald Acuna Jr and was able to get Freeman to ground into a double play. He wasn't able to get out of the inning cleanly after he gave up a broken bat jam shot bloop single to right field to LF Marcel Ozuna which tied the game. Familia was able to recover and struck out 2B Ozzie Albies to end the inning and keep the game tied. Familia picked up his second win. RHP Edwin Diaz came on in the bottom of the ninth and closed it out with a dominating 1-2-3 inning and two strikeouts and picked up his seventh save. The Mets next game is tomorrow night at the Braves at 7:20 p.m.