Mets Lose to Braves 4-2 After Quintana Struggles With Homers

 

Mets LHP Jose Quintana (Photo Credits to Brad Penner-USA Today Sports)

The New York Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves 4-2 tonight at Citi Field to snap their two-game winning streak and dropped their record to  under .500 at 18-19.

LHP Jose Quintana started out well with two scoreless innings, however it all unraveled in the top of the third.

Quintana gave up back-to-back homer to RF Ronald Acuna Jr. and 2B Ozzie Albies.

Two batters later, he gave up a two-run homer to 1B Matt Olsen.

Quintana had scoreless innings in the top of the fourth and fifth and was taken out after the top of the fifth.

His final line was five innings, six hits, four runs, two walks and three strikeouts.

RHP Yohan Ramirez followed with two scoreless innings in the top of the sixth and seventh.

RHP Adrian Houser threw two scoreless innings in the top of the eighth and ninth.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first six innings against RHP Charlie Morton until SS Francisco Lindor hit a solo homer.

In the bottom of the ninth, 1B Pete Alonso drove in a run on a RBI single with two outs to bring up DH. J.D. Martinez as the tying run, but Martinez flew out to center to end the game after missing a homer that went foul earlier in the at-bat.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, May 11 against the Braves at 4:10 p.m.