The headline says it all.
Giving New York another reason to celebrate, the Atlanta Braves fell 8-1 to the New York Mets on Sunday.
Bryce Elder’s outing resulted in him only pitching through four innings, allowing two hits, six earned runs, two walks and only two strikeouts.
Four of the runs came in the first
inning, which set the tone early against the Braves, who scored one run in the same inning on a sac-fly by Dominic Smith to bring in Michael Harris.
Which leads us to the offense. Today was a down game for Elder, but he can’t take all of the blame. Though Mets’ Freddy Peralta had a solid outing, pitching through five innings and allowing four hits and one earned run, he only accomplished two strikeouts, giving the Braves ample opportunity to take advantage, despite being down so early.
Back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the fifth by Mets’ A.J. Ewing and Marcus Semien with no outs resulted in Elder getting relieved by Dylan Dodd soon after.
Juan Soto decided to close out the bottom of the eighth inning with a two-run hit to drive in Carson Benge and Bo Bichette for a seven-point lead, 8-1, also ending the game with a series win.
The Braves have an off day tomorrow, and after coming off two disappointing series, will need to reevaluate their game plan as they return home to face the San Francisco Giants with Grant Holmes on the mound.
