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Late rally leads Mets past Braves, presented by WB Mason

“If that’s it, then it was fun”, Pierzynski said following Saturday’s walk-off against the New York Mets.

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Yoenis Cespedes hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, and Lugo fired seven innings of two-run ball to lift NY to a 10-3 win over the Braves, who move to a new stadium next season.

Cespedes’ grand slam in the third gave the Mets a nice 5-0 cushion from which to build. He’s posted consecutive 30-homer seasons for the first time in his career.

NY first baseman James Loney added a solo homer, his seventh.

The runs supported Lugo in yet another magnificent outing by the right-hander, who is now 4-1 with a 2.27 ERA in five starts since entering the rotation as an injury replacement.

Seth Lugo started for the Mets, and he continued to impress, going seven innings and giving up only two runs.

Asdrubal Cabrera #13 congratulates James Loney #28 of the New York Mets after Loney’s solo home run in the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves during the game at Turner Field on September 11, 2016 in Atlanta.

Red Sox 11, Blue Jays 8 • David Ortiz hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Hanley Ramirez also connected, and visiting Boston outslugged Toronto, reclaiming a two-game lead over the Blue Jays in the AL East. Freddie Freeman leads Atlanta with 154 hits, Nick Markakis has 78 RBI and Adonis Garcia has 13 home runs. Kelly Johnson and Alejandro De Aza had RBI singles, Loney an RBI double and Lugo a sacrifice fly for a 10-1 lead in the fifth.

Cespedes is hitting.308 with eight homers and 19 RBIs since August 19.

The Braves will leave Turner Field, opened in 1997, to make their home in a new ballpark in the suburbs beginning next season.

Andrelton Simmons’ two homers helped the Los Angeles Angels past the Texas Rangers with a 3-2 win and Matt Moore struck out a career-high 11 to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. NY won 11 of its last 14 at the former stadium of the 1996 Olympics. Lalli last played in the major leagues in 2013 and was hitting.256 in 109 games for the G-Braves. He walked in the first inning to extend his streak of reaching base to 33 straight games and added an RBI single in the fourth to extend his hitting streak to a season-long 17 games. He has hit safely in 28 of his last 29 games since August 1 and is hitting.362 over that span. RHP Jacob deGrom (right forearm soreness) threw 10 pitches off a mound in his tennis shoes.

The Atlanta Braves have placed catcher A.J. Pierzynski on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring.

Wilmer Flores, trying to score from second, was tagged out to end the eighth on a head-first slide when his helmet popped off and his head jammed against Pierzynski’s shin guard.

NY experienced a temporary roadblock Saturday night when they lost in 10 innings, but they didn’t let that loss fester. None of Pierzynski’s belongings had been removed.

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Mets: Lugo (3-2) will make his fifth start. He is 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA in one career start and one relief appearance against Washington.

New York Mets batter Yoenis Cespedes