MLB

New York Mets at Atlanta Braves

· Major League Baseball
New York Mets
53-69, 28-35 Away
Final
3 - 6
Atlanta Braves
73-48, 41-21 Home

Thomas homers to back Mahle in the Braves' 6-3 victory over the Mets

Austin Riley crushes a home run

Mike Yastrzemski and Austin Riley hit back-to-back homers during a three-run seventh for the Braves, who are 60-25 when hitting at least one home run. Riley was 3 for 4 with two runs and Ronald Acuña Jr. had two hits, an RBI and two runs. Drake Baldwin had three singles and an RBI.

Mahle (4-9) picked up his first win in his second start after coming from San Francisco. He gave up one run on four hits in six innings with seven strikeouts. His lone blemish came on a home run from Luis Torrens. In two appearances with the Braves, he has given up one run in 12 innings.

Mets rookie Zac Thornton (3-3) gave up three runs in six innings in his eighth career start.

Thomas' home run was his first since he was traded to Atlanta from Kansas City and it gave the Braves a 1-0 lead.

Mets center fielder Luis Robert Jr. homered in the seventh off Dylan Dodd to cut the Braves' lead to 3-2. Dylan Lee pitched a scoreless eighth and Raisel Iglesias gave up a solo home run to Bo Bichette in the ninth.

Mets rookie Carson Benge was 2 for 4 and extended his on-base streak to 16 games.

Up next Mets: RHP Robert Stock (0-2, 10.13 ERA) was scheduled to start against Washington on Friday as the Mets start a six-game homestand.

Braves: LHP Chris Sale (12-7, 2.20) was set to oppose Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (6-1, 3.36) in the opener of a three game series in Atlanta on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Semien grounded into fielder's choice to third, Young out at second.
9th Inning Alvarez fouled out to first.
9th Inning Young grounded into fielder's choice to first, Robert Jr. out at second, Benge to third.
9th Inning Robert Jr. walked.
9th Inning Benge doubled to center.
9th Inning Bichette homered to center (405 feet).

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 10
9 Strikeouts 5
3 Runs Batted In 5
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 12
0 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 6
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 34
3 Home Runs 3
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
11 Runners Left On Base 9
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 3
15 Fly Balls 19
0 Caught Stealing 0
154 Pitches 113
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
17 Total Bases 24
35 Plate Appearances 35
486.0 Projected Home Runs 486.0
4 Extra Base Hits 6
4.6 Runs Created 7.8
.212 Batting Average .353
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.515 Slugging Percentage .706
.364 Secondary Average .382
.257 On Base Percentage .371
.772 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.077
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
4.8 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 9.2
30.0 Batter Rating 49.0
11.0 At Bats Per Home Run 11.3
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.40 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.23
.303 Isolated Power .353
0.22 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.20
.057 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
.152 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .029
6.0 Runs Produced 11.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.7
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
80.8 MLB Rating 99.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Truist Park

Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 26,415 | Capacity:

2026 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Atlanta - 65 L1 0.58598727 92
Philadelphia 5 70 W2 0.55414015 87
Miami 15 80 W1 0.49044585 77
Washington 18 84 W2 0.4716981 75
New York 20 85 W1 0.45859873 72
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