From the way this series played out, you’d think the team that came away with a sweep was fighting hard for a postseason spot, rather than to avoid a 100-loss season. And yet, baseball is baseball, and it was the Braves who completed a riotous upset and capped their three-game sweep with a come-from-behind victory against the reeling Mets.
While the outcome was fortuitous, the early and middle innings suggested that the Braves might end the night in defeat. Ryan Weber, pressed into his second start of the season due to a dismantled rotation corps, allowed a four-pitch walk to Jose Reyes to start his outing, and four pitches later, threw a sinker that didn’t sink that Asdrubal Cabrera deposited deep into the right field stands.