The New York Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday night at Citi Field after 12 innings of baseball.
Pitching:
Jacob deGrom made his 2017 debut against former Met Big Sexy Bartolo Colon. The 28-year old was dominant as he shutout the Braves for six innings, striking out six. He also gave up two hits and walk during his 95-pitch start.
Hansel Robles took over for deGrom in the seventh and did not do well. He got Matt Kemp out on a soft grounder to Travis d’Arnaud, but that was all. He proceeded to give up a triple, walk, and RBI double which tied the game at one. His night came to an end one batter later after he hit Kurt Suzuki.
Jerry Blevins had to come into the seventh inning with the bases loaded. He was able to get out of the inning unscathed as he struck out Emilio Bonifacio and got Ender Inciarte to ground out to first.
Fernando Salas pitched the eighth. He was able to get two outs before giving up a double to Kemp and intentionally walking Nick Markakis. He kept the game tied though as he struck out Brandon Phillips for the third out.
Addison Reed pitched a perfect ninth and Josh Edgin followed with a perfect tenth.
Rafael Montero was the Mets seventh pitcher of the night. He gave up a walk to Kemp and a hit to Phillips in the 11th inning. The hit to Phillips extended his hit streak in Flushing to 35 games. Montero got out of the inning on a double play ball to Adonis Garcia. Montero wasn’t as lucky in the 12th inning as he gave up two runs on a RBI double by Kemp. Josh Smoker came in to get the final out of the inning.
Offense:
The Mets managed only one hit and one walk against Colon for the first four innings. Jay Bruce put the Mets ahead in the fifth inning with a solo shot to right center field.
After the home run, the Mets weren’t able to get much going until the bottom of tenth. With one out, Bruce hit a double and Lucas Duda was intentionally walked. No runs were scored however, as Travis d’Arnaud and Ty Kelly both struck out.
Bruce finished the night 3-5 with a home run, RBI, and run scored.
On Deck:
The Mets will finish their homestand against the Braves on Friday at 7:10 PM. Matt Harvey will make his 2017 season debut as he will face southpaw Jaime Garcia who will make his Braves debut. Harvey will try to keep Freddie Freeman in check as the first baseman has a career .167 batting average in 18 at bats against the Dark Knight.
