Mets Beat Braves 8-1 To Take Series Led By Four-Run First Inning

 

Mets CF A.J. Ewing (Photo Credits to SNY.TV)

The New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 8-1 at Citi Field this afternoon to take two out of three games in the series and improved their record to 32-39.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after RF Carson Benge led off with a walk and SS Bo Bichette followed with a single.

DH Juan Soto then bunted back to the catcher and reached first on a fielder's choice. 1B Jared Young followed with a RBI single and then CF A.J. Ewing drove in Soto with a RBI double and then LF Mike Yastrzemski made a throwing error to allow Young to score as well.

Two batters later, 3B Brett Baty drove in Ewing with a RBI single.

The offense was held scoreless for the next three innings until the bottom of the fifth after Ewing and 2B Marcus Semien hit back-to-back homers to start the inning.

In the bottom of the eighth, Benge led off with a single and then Bichette reached on an infield hit and Benge was able to advance to third on an error by 2B Ozzie Albies.

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta got off to a rocky start in the top of the first after he gave up three straight singles to load the bases with no outs. Peralta came back to strike out Albies and then gave up a sacrifice fly to former Met DH Dom Smith. Peralta was able to strike out the next hitter 3B Austin Riley to limit the damage to one run.

Peralta was able to settle down after that retiring the next nine hitters he faced and then finished up strong with a scoreless top of the fifth and was then taken out.

His final line was five innings, four hits, one run, one walk and two strikeouts. He picked up his fifth win and lowered his ERA to 3.90.

LHP Cionel Perez followed by picking up the first two outs in the top of the sixth and was then taken out.

RHP Daniel Duerte came in next and threw 1. 2 scoreless innings.

LHP A.J. Minter followed by picking up the last two outs in the top of the eighth.

RHP Huascar Brazoban then closed it out with a 1-2-3 top of the ninth.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, June 15 at the Cincinnati Reds at 7:10 p.m.