Atlanta 4, NY Mets 0
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 27, 2024
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature:
85°
Umpires:
Home -
Doug Eddings, 1B -
Ryan Additon, 2B -
Will Little, 3B -
Gabe Morales
Attendance:
35149
By Field Level Media
Rookie Spencer Schwellenbach had the best start of his career Saturday afternoon, as the right-hander gave up two hits and struck out 11 over seven innings to lead the struggling Atlanta Braves to a 4-0 win over the host New York Mets in the third game of a four-game series between the National League East rivals.
Marcell Ozuna, Matt Olson and Eddie Rosario homered for the Braves, who snapped a six-game losing streak -- their longest since September 2017 -- and moved a half-game ahead of the Mets in the race for the top NL wild-card spot.
Orlando Arcia added an RBI single while Adam Duvall had two hits.
Tylor Megill tossed six-plus solid innings in his return from Triple-A Syracuse for the Mets, who had their five-game winning streak halted as they fell to 15-8 this month.
Schwellenbach (4-5), making his 10th career start, allowed a second-inning double to Jeff McNeil and a fourth-inning double to Pete Alonso before retiring the final 10 batters he faced. The seven innings tied a season-high for Schwellenbach while the 11 strikeouts broke his previous best of eight whiffs, set in his previous start Sunday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Joe Jimenez threw a perfect eighth inning. Raisel Iglesias gave up a leadoff single in the ninth to Luis Torrens and a one-out single to Brandon Nimmo before striking out J.D. Martinez and Alonso.
Megill (2-5), appearing for the Mets for the first time since June 29, gave up the four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six-plus innings.
The right-hander retired the first 11 batters he faced before Ozuna and Olson hit back-to-back homers in a five-pitch span. The blast was No. 30 for Ozuna and No. 14 for Olson.
Atlanta's Sean Murphy drew a walk leading off the fifth and later scored on Arcia's one-out hit.
Rosario homered to start the seventh before Murphy coaxed another walk to chase Megill. The blast was his 10th of the season.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Atlanta |
|
NY Mets |
|
Adam Duvall | Player |
Jeff McNeil
|
|
2 |
Hits |
1 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
3 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.333 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
6 |
3 |
16 |
.182 |
12 |
11 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| NY Mets
|
4 |
0 |
6 |
.129 |
8 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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