Mets Beat Braves 4-3 After Four Run Rally In Seventh

Mets catcher James McCann (Photo Credits to Dale Zanine-USA Today Sports) The New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in Atlanta to snap their two-game losing strek and improved their record to 41-34. The offense struggled for the first six innings agaisnt RHP Charlie Morton, but finally came alive in the top of the seventh. LF Dom Smith led off with a single and then CF Kevin Pillar followed with a walk. Catcher James McCann came up and got into a 1-2 hole after he swung at the first two pitches out of the strike zone, but he managed to get a hanging curveball that he manaaged to hit into left centerfield on a three-run homer which tied the game that went 417 feet. The next hitter 3B Luis Guillorme struck out, but then pitch-hitter Jose Peraza hit a ground-rule double with one out after 2B Jeff McNeil struck out, SS Francisco Lindor delivered with a RBI single. RHP Tylor Megill had a dominating bottom of the first inning striking out the side, RF Ronald Acuna Jr, 1B Freddie Freeman and 2B Ozzie Albies on three pitches. Megill had a scoreless bottom of the second inning with a strikeout and worked around a walk to CF Guillermo Heredia. He gave up another walk to Acuna in the bottom of the third on a close pitch, but came back to strike out Freeman and retired Albies on a pop-out to end the inning. Megill had another scoreless in the bottom of the fourth with two strikeouts of SS Dansby Swanson and 3B Austin Riley and after a single to Heredia, he got LF Abraham Almonte to ground-out to first to end the inning. MeGill got two quick outs in the bottom of the fifth, but then gave up singles to Acuna Jr. and Freeman and then gave up a three-run homer to Albies on a first-pitch hanging change-up and was taken out after the inning. His final line was 5 innings, 5 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks and 8 strikeouts. RHP Drew Smith followed with a scoreless bottom of the sixth inning. RHP Trevor May had a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh inning. RHP Seth Lugo had a scorless bottom of the eighth and worked around a single by Heredia. RHP Edwin Diaz closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the ninth inning and picked up his 17th save. The Mets next game is tomorrow night at the Atlanta Braves at 7:20 p.m.