ATLANTA — Each groups’ closers blew the save within the ninth inning Monday evening at Truist Park, in a good nail-biter that led to a 7-6 Mets win.
“Our guys saved combating,” Braves supervisor Walt Weiss mentioned. “We had some alternatives earlier within the recreation, however we didn’t get the large one.”
Starter Reynaldo López breezed by means of 5 innings, and the protection preserved the Braves’ 3-2 lead within the last 4 innings till the Mets have been all the way down to their final out. However Juan Soto’s towering three-run homer down the right-field line off nearer Raisel Iglesias’ 3-1 fastball on the within edge put the Mets up 5-3.
“Once we get to 3-1, you most likely don’t need to get that a lot of the plate with the pitch,” Weiss mentioned. “With first and third, you place the go-ahead run at second with [Bo] Bichette developing? It’s a tricky one.”
The blown save snapped Iglesias’ career-high and longest lively MLB streak of 35 consecutive saves transformed. His final blown save was nearly one 12 months in the past — July 26, 2025, in a 6-5 loss at Texas.
“When a man’s changing that a lot, it’s straightforward to take issues without any consideration,” first baseman Matt Olson mentioned. “It’s going to occur to the very best of them. He’s been nice for us.”
However within the backside half of the ninth, Ozzie Albies doubled off Mets nearer Devin Williams to the wall in right-center discipline. Olson then swatted his twenty fourth homer of the season and second of the sport into the guests’ bullpen past the left-field wall, tying the sport, 5-5.
“If you’re hitting line drives the opposite method, at the least for me personally, that’s a superb signal,” Olson mentioned.
Though Drake Baldwin singled and pinch-runner Jorge Mateo later scampered to 3rd on Austin Riley’s squibber of a groundout in entrance of house plate, pinch-hitter José Azócar then struck out on reliever Brooks Raley’s solely three pitches of the sport to ship the sport to the tenth.
“Even being on the shedding aspect of it, you’ll find a silver lining,” Olson mentioned. “To have an opportunity final at-bat yesterday and at the moment with the ability to struggle again and get that recreation into extras, you’ll find little wins in that though you’re not profitable the sport and construct off that.”
Within the prime of the tenth, Owen Murphy acquired two fast outs in his MLB debut and had Jared Younger down 0-2, however he plunked Younger. As soon as once more on 0-2, Murphy couldn’t retire Luis Torrens, who doubled house Younger and computerized runner Bichette for a 7-5 Mets lead. Murphy struck out Brett Baty for his first MLB punchout, however the injury was executed.
“I believed Owen did an incredible job, being in a task that he’s by no means actually been in, coming within the ‘pen within the tenth with a man beginning on second,” Olson mentioned. “I’m certain he had loads of feelings going with the debut.”
Michael Harris II’s third hit scored computerized runner Azócar within the backside half, a double towards the right-field nook on a 1-2 pitch — one pitch after efficiently difficult plate umpire Lance Barrett’s strike three name. He superior to 3rd after reliever Luke Weaver’s intentional stroll of Olson and full-count stroll of Mateo on a detailed examine swing. With the bases loaded, Mauricio Dubón bounced to brief for a game-ending fielder’s alternative.
The Mets thus spoiled a robust begin for López, who threw simply 80 pitches over 5 innings, walked two, struck out 5 and allowed three hits. Carson Benge’s looping second-inning leadoff homer into the primary row past the fence in left-center discipline was all of the Mets may muster in opposition to López. It got here on a 1-2 depend after Benge fouled off a number of pitches to increase the at-bat.
“It all the time feels good to have the ability to do your job and at the least put the group able to battle for the win, good to rattle off two in a row like that,” López mentioned by means of an interpreter. “I really feel actually good; my physique feels good. What’s actually helped my physique not really feel fatigued up thus far is simply the routine I’ve been capable of keep whether or not I used to be a starter or reliever.”
This recreation was the longest Braves recreation within the pitch clock period at 3 hours, 42 minutes, eclipsing a June 8, 2023, walk-off 13-10 win — additionally in 10 innings in opposition to the Mets.
