Mets Lose To Braves 4-1 Due to Struggling Offense

Mets LHP David Peterson (Neville E. Guard-USA Today Sports)

 The New York Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves 4-1 tonight at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA and dropped their record to 54-34.

LHP David Peterson cruised through the first five innings, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the sixth after he walked SS Dansby Swason with one out and then gave up a two-run homer to 1B Matt Olson and was taken out after that.

His final line was 5 1/3 innings, two hits, two runs, three walks and nine strikeouts.

Peterson did well and gave his team a chance to win. He had a sharp slider and great life on fastball and it is a shame he did not any run support. He deserved a chance to win the game.

RHP Seth Lugo came in next and struck out the next two hitters he faced to end the inning.

Lugo stayed in for the bottom of the seventh and gave up a lead-off single to catcher Travis d'Arnaud and a two-run hitter to the following hitter LF Adam Duvall and was taken out later in the inning.

RHP Colin Holderman followed and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.

The offense did not much for the first four innings against star rookie RHP Spencer Strider, but in the top of the fifth CF Brandon Nimmo walked with one out and then advanced to second on a wild pitch.

Two batters later, SS Francisco Lindor drove in Nimmo with an RBI triple.

The bats did not much after that and had five hits all night. They were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base.

The offense is struggling without RF Starling Marte, 2B Jeff McNeil and catcher James McCann.  They need to get their starters back healthy and also bats at the trading deadline in order to jumpstart this offense.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday July 13th at the Braves at 12:20 p.m.