4.5 games back in the East after Thursday’s matchup.
The Atlanta Braves dropped the first of five games against the first-place New York Mets on Thursday night, 6-4. Kyle Wright got the start, and the Mets were able to tack on a run early in the first inning. Wright finished his night with six innings tossed, six runs, four strikeouts, and two walks. He surrendered four home runs.
After a slow start, the Braves offense finally came alive in the fifth, racking up three runs on a Michael Harris RBI and a two-run bomb from Ronald Acuña Jr.