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Mets

Acuña Jr. grounded out, third baseman McNeil to first baseman Alonso.

Inciarte flied out to left fielder Smith.

Jr. grounded out, third baseman McNeil to first baseman Alonso.

Ozuna homered to center on a 1-1 count, Freeman scored.

Homered to center on a 1-1 count, Freeman scored.

Braves

Flowers doubled to right, Swanson scored.

Acuña Jr. doubled to left, Flowers scored.

Albies singled to center, Acuña Jr. scored.

Canó hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Acuña Jr., Nimmo scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Acuña Jr., Nimmo scored.

Inciarte singled to right, Swanson scored.

Acuña Jr. homered to center on the first pitch.

Jr. homered to center on the first pitch.

Braves first.  Acuña Jr. struck out.  Albies flied out to left fielder Smith.  Freeman walked on a full count.  Ozuna homered to center on a 1-1 count, Freeman scored.  Adams struck out.

Braves second.  Swanson singled to left.  Camargo struck out.  Inciarte flied out to center fielder Nimmo.  Flowers doubled to right, Swanson scored.  Acuña Jr. doubled to left, Flowers scored.  Albies singled to center, Acuña Jr. scored.  Freeman grounded out, third baseman McNeil to first baseman Alonso.

Mets fifth.  Jackson pitching.  Nimmo walked on a full count.  McNeil singled to center, Nimmo to second.  Alonso struck out.  Conforto singled to center, Nimmo to third, McNeil to second.  Canó hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Acuña Jr., Nimmo scored.  Tomlin pitching.  Céspedes grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman Camargo to second baseman Albies, Conforto out.

Braves fifth.  Kilomé pitching.  Adams flied out to left fielder Smith.  Swanson was hit by a pitch.  Swanson stole second.  Camargo grounded out, pitcher Kilomé to second baseman Canó to first baseman Alonso, Swanson to third.  Inciarte singled to right, Swanson scored.  Flowers struck out.

Braves sixth.  Acuña Jr. homered to center on the first pitch.  Albies struck out.  Freeman struck out.  Ozuna fouled out to catcher Ramos.

 The Braves won six of 10 home games against the Mets last year. The Braves hit 21 homers in those games, including six (with two each by Freddie Freeman and Josh Donaldson) in a 10--8 loss when these teams last met in Atlanta, last Aug. 15 (Pete Alonso and Amed Rosario each had five hits in that game).

 The Mets' starting staff looks different this year, with Zach Wheeler in Philadelphia and Marcus Stroman and Noah Syndergaard injured. This will likely be the Mets' first series of three or more games in the last three seasons in which neither Wheeler, Syndergaard nor Jacob deGrom (who pitched Wednesday) starts.

 Ronald Acuna is 4-for-28 with no RBIs and an MLB-high 14 strikeouts. Since MLB began to track RBIs 100 years ago, just 10 others—including two Hall of Famers—struck out at least 14 times with no RBIs in their first seven games of a season. Not surprisingly those HOF'ers were pitchers: Tom Seaver (1968) & Sandy Koufax (1962 and 1965); Koufax had an MLB-record total of 18 strikeouts in his first seven games in ‘62.

 Yoenis Cespedes celebrated the arrival of the universal DH by homering in the Mets' 1--0 season-opening win over Atlanta. Only two other DHs for NL teams homered in a 1--0 game: Matt Holliday for St. Louis against the Rays in 2014, and Sherman Obando for the Expos at Baltimore in 1997.

 Rick Porcello's greatest ability has been his availability.  Porcello made 339 starts over his first 11 seasons in the majors (2009--19); that's 30.8 starts per season. Only five others averaged 30 starts over those 11 years: Justin Verlander, 32.4; Jon Lester, 32.0; Max Scherzer, 31.7; Zack Greinke, 31.3; Cole Hamels, 30.6.

 Sean Newcomb has pitched more innings against the Mets (44.1) than against any other MLB team. Over eight starts and six relief appearances against the Mets, Newcomb allowed only one home run in 161 opponents' at-bats -- Todd Frazier hit that one in New York on June 30 of last year.

HP - Foster, 1B - Porter, 2B - Barber, 3B - Wegner

Michael Wacha, signed by the New York Mets in the offseason to deepen their rotation, will be searching for his first career win against the Braves on Saturday when the National League East rivals resume their series in Atlanta.
Wacha will try to help the Mets stop a three-game losing streak. New York blew a six-run lead on Friday and lost 11-10 when the Braves scored five times in the eighth inning. Atlanta has won three straight and has beaten the Mets in three of four meetings.

Wacha, Mets hope to end skid vs. Braves

ATLANTA (AP)  Ronald Acuna Jr. shook off a slow start by driving in two runs with two hits, including his first homer, and the Atlanta Braves beat Michael Wacha and the New York Mets 7-1 on Saturday night for their fourth straight win.
The Mets have lost four straight, including the first two games of the four-game series between the NL East rivals.

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New York Mets @ Atlanta Braves on August 1, 2020

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