Game 28 of 162
Braves 9- Mets 8 (Citi Field, Flushing)
Mets record: 15-13
Mets streak: Lost 2
WP - Spencer Strider (4-0)
LP - Denyi Reyes (0-1)
SV- A.J. Minter (6)
Seat on the Korner: Sean Murphy
We select the star of the game and virtually invite him to a Seat on the Korner, just as Ralph Kiner used to do for his studio postgame show on WOR-channel 9 broadcasts in the early decades of the Mets.
Sean Murphy was a one man wrecking crew against the Mets in game one of the double header, going 2-4 with 2 three run home runs for a career high 6 RBI game.
Need to Know
Game one of the twin bill is the second of 13 games between the Mets and Braves this season.
The Braves went 10-9 against the Mets last season, taking the season set from their N.L. East rivals for the fifth consecutive season...They also went 10-9 in 2021, 7-3 in 2020, 11-8 in 2019 and 13-6 in 2018...Since the start of the 2018 season,Atlanta is 52-35 (.598) against New York overall.
Ronald Acuña Jr. played in 26 doubleheader games in his career, with his second inning home run he now has 13 homers and 24 RBI's in those games.
Spencer Strider was making his sixth appearances and fourth start in his career against New York, he had a 2-1 record with a 4.30 ERA (7 ER/14.2 IP)...entering todays play. The Braves have yet to lose any of Strider's five starts this season, and he is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in these games.
Denyi Reyes made his first start of the season and the second of his career...In five relief appearances with the Mets this season, he had not allowed a run over 6.1 innings, and had a 1.29 ERA (2 ER/14.0 IP) in eight career games, that would change as Reyes did not make it out of the second inning, he failed to record an out in the second and gave up five runs on five hits, one walk, two home runs, his ERA jumped to 6.14.
• The Mets put an end to Spencer Strider's streak of nine consecutive games of at least nine strikeouts or more dating to September 1, 2022. which is the l longest active streak in baseball and is tied for third-longest in the modern era (since 1900).
Turning Point
After battling back from a 6-1 deficit to make it 6-5 on the strength of a third inning Pete Alonso 3 run homer run, and Brett Baty's solo shot, his second home run of the season in the 6th inning, Jeff Brigham gave up 3 runs in the next frame on the strength of Sean Murphy's second 3 run homer of the game, extending the Braves lead to 9-5.
Three Keys
Despite getting four runs in 5 innings against Braves Ace Spencer Strider, the Mets make shift pitching could not contain the Braves hitters allowing 9 runs all off the strength of the long ball .
The Mets scored 8 runs, but also were 3-14 with men in scoring position and stranded a total of 8 baserunners, the Braves were a lot more opportunistic going 2-5 with men in scoring position and only stranding 3 baserunners.
Mark Canha stranded 2 runners as a pinch hitter was also a turning point in the game.