NY Mets 4, Atlanta 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, July 7, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature:
91°
Umpires:
Home -
Todd Tichenor, 1B -
Mike Everitt, 2B -
Sean Barber, 3B -
Tim Timmons
Attendance:
20836
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Mets 4, Braves 3 (11): Curtis Granderson belted a game-tying homer in the eighth inning and Ruben Tejada's single in the 11th plated the winning run as host New York won a wild opener of a four-game series.
Juan Lagares doubled with one out in the 11th off Anthony Varvaro (3-2), moved to third on a flyout and scored on Tejada’s liner to center to save the Mets, who blew a 2-0 lead in the eighth when the Braves scored three times before Granderson’s 13th homer of the season evened the score. Carlos Torres (4-4) pitched two scoreless innings of relief and David Wright hit a solo homer, his seventh of the year.
Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 while Andrelton Simmons and Justin Upton added two hits apiece for Atlanta, which lost its second in a row following a nine-game winning streak. Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez was ejected in the bottom of the ninth for arguing an overturned forceout at second base.
New York made the most of its only two hits in the first seven innings, using Travis d’Arnaud’s second-inning double and Wright’s solo homer in the third, but the Braves rallied against New York’s bullpen in the eighth. Chris Johnson’s double off the top of the wall in center off Jenrry Mejia tied the contest at 2-2, and rookie Christian Bethancourt drove him home later in the inning with an RBI single.
Granderson hammered a 3-2 fastball off Luis Avilan over the right-field wall with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to knot it again. The Mets had plenty of chances in a wild bottom of the ninth, which included a hit, a walk and a forceout that was overturned by video review – leading to Gonzalez’s ejection – but Shae Simmons induced an inning-ending fielder’s choice from Eric Young Jr. with the bases loaded.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Atlanta starter Mike Minor allowed two runs on two hits in seven innings, retiring the final 13 hitters he faced, while New York’s Daisuke Matsuzaka surrendered six hits in seven shutout innings. … Andrelton Simmons went 2-for-5 – his sixth consecutive multi-hit contest – to extend his hitting streak to eight games. … New York 1B Eric Campbell extended his hitting streak to eight games with a leadoff single in the ninth.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
12 |
0 |
15 |
.279 |
18 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| NY Mets
|
7 |
2 |
15 |
.179 |
17 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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