Mets Lose a Heartbreaker 5-4 to Braves in 10 Innings After Blowing Three-Run Lead

 

Mets CF Tyrone Taylor (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves 5-4 tin 10 innings tonight at Suntruist Park for their fourth consecutive loss and dropped their record to 45-28.

LHP David Peterson had scoreless innings in the bottom of the first and second and then gave up a RBI single to 1B Matt Olson in the bottom of the third.

Peterson was able to settle down after that with scoreless innings in the bottom of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh, but then ran into trouble in the bottom of the eighth.

He gave up a lead-off walk to SS Nick Allen and then gave up a single to RF Ronald Acuna Jr and was then taken out.

RHP Reed Garrett came in next and gave up a single to LF Alex Verdugo to load the bases, but then responded by striking out Olson and getting 3B Austin Riley to hit a shallow fly ball to right field for the second out.

However, Garrett was unable to escape out of the jam after he gave up a bases-clearing double to DH Marcell Ozuna on a hanging splitter on a 2-2 count.

Garrett then recovered to retire the next hitter to keep the game tied.

In the bottom of the ninth, RHP Edwin Diaz threw a scoreless inning.

In the bottom of the tenth, RHP Huascar Brazoban came on and walked Acuna Jr intentionally and after retiring Verduco on a inifield hit was let down by his defense. 

Catcher Francisco Alvarez couldn't handle a pitch in the dirt and had SS Luke Williams in a rundown at second, but made the mistake of throwing the ball to second instead of throwing the ball to third or running the ball back at Williams to get him in a rundown and tag him out.

Brazoban then gave up another walk and then a walk-off sacrifice fly to Riley.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the top of the first after RF Juan Soto hit a solo homer.

In the top of the second, 2B Jeff McNeil singled and two batters later, Alvarez followed with a walk.

Two batters later, CF Tyrone Taylor delivered with a two-run double.

In the top of the fifth, Taylor came through with a solo homer.

In the top of the sixth, Alonso singled but was doubled off first to end the inning after McNeil lined out to second.

In the top of the ninth, poor baserunning cost them once again after Soto singled to lead off the inning and then Alonso hit a deep flyball to right field, but was robbed after Acuna Jr made an incredible leaping catch and then doubled Soto off first after Soto made a poor baserunning read of the catch and flyball.

The Met offense went 1-6 with runners in scoring position leaving two runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Wednesday, June 18 at the Braves at 7:15 p.m.