Teheran said the arm was sore, but the real pain came in watching from the dugout as the New York Mets rallied for four runs in the eighth inning for a 6-4 win over the Braves after he left the game Friday night. The Braves will open a new stadium next season, giving the Mets a blank slate in this city, especially with Chipper Jones in retirement. The Mets finish 67-106 all-time here and are not unhappy to see the Braves move on.
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The Atlanta Braves look to stay hot after winning seven of their last 11 games.
It was the third grand slam of Cespedes’ Mets career and it came at the ideal time.
He later allowed a seventh-inning homer to Brandon Snyder that sliced the Mets lead to 10-2. San Francisco leads the wild-card standings.
Cespedes drove in five runs Sunday, driving in Asdrubal Cabrera, who had tripled, in the first inning with a sacrifice fly. Cespedes scored on Jay Bruce’s RBI grounder. That day, Cespedes also hit a grand slam off Mike Broadway. It was his fourth career slam and second this season.
Seth Lugo gave up two runs over seven innings with five strikeouts against the Braves. “I hadn’t played in a while, and I had a hit and a big play”, said Pierzysnki, who was mobbed by his teammates as if he, not Garcia, drove in the winning run. Even though the Mets have a much easier schedule than the Cardinals down the stretch, they can not afford to give away games like they did last night. He reached 30 homers for the second consecutive year. The 43-year-old right-hander allowed three runs and four hits over six innings before being pulled after 87 pitches. The New York Mets offense continues to produce, and they’ve won five straight games when scoring more than three runs.
The Mets and Braves lined up on the sidelines during the national anthem to honor those lost on 9/11.
Lugo, who was thrust into the rotation following the injuries to Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler and Jon Niese, continued to excel as a starter, improving to 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA over his last four outings.
Williams Perez #57 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the New York Mets in the first inning during the game at Turner Field on September 11, 2016 in Atlanta. He walked one and struck out five.
Matt Kemp and Nick Markakis homered for Atlanta. He coaxed a pop up out from Braves backup catcher (and former Met) Anthony Recker and then got a double-play ball from Dansby Swanson.
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Angels 3, Rangers 2 • Andrelton Simmons hit two solo home runs, sending Jered Weaver and host Los Angeles past Texas. National League East. The Braves are 20-44 in their last 64 during game 3 of a series and 9-4 in Perezs last 13 starts. This will be Lugo’s first career game against the Braves.
