The Atlanta Braves crushed the New York Mets yesterday at Citi Field with the Braves coming out on top 11 to 3. It was a solid match that aficionados with Braves tickets won’t soon forget.
Braves pitcher Derek Lowe (4.55 ERA) got the win, while Patrick Misch (5.59 ERA) took the loss for the Mets. Derek Lowe went 5 innings for the Braves, allowed 6 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with no walks and 5 strikeouts. The Mets’s starter Patrick Misch went 1.1 innings, allowed 7 hits, 3 home runs and 8 earned runs with one walk and one strikeout. Lance Broadway (6.07), Tobi Stoner (4.00), Bobby Parnell (5.53), Ken Takahashi (2.70), and Brian Stokes (4.19) also pitched for the Mets. With the win, Lowe’s record goes to 15-9, while Misch is at 1-4. Kenshin Kawakami earned the save for the Braves, bringing his saves up to 1.
Chipper Jones provided much of the offense for the Braves with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 11 runs, the Braves scored 10 hits and committed no errors. Martin Prado led the Braves in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Derek Lowe’s 2 hits, and Nate McLouth with 2. The Mets didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Mets scored 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Brian Knight, Hunter Wendelstedt, Dana DeMuth and Doug Eddings. There were 37,706 Mets ticket holders in attendance at Citi Field.
The win puts the Braves at a record of 80-70, (8 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Mets to 65-86, (23.5 games behind the division leader). Next up for the Braves are the Florida Marlins (80-70) at the Braves’s Turner Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Florida Marlins tickets because that game should be a good one. The Mets will next take on the Washington Nationals (51-98) at Citi Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Washington Nationals tickets today and see it all live.