"I know the Braves, where they sit in the league -- they had a terrible, terrible first half," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "They've got a pretty nice lineup right now. … They're scoring runs. We knew we were going to be in a dogfight."
The common thread in many of those Braves victories has been starting pitcher Julio Teheran, whose seven innings of one-run ball made him 2-0 with a 0.90 ERA against the Mets this season. After allowing Asdrubal Cabrera's RBI double in the third inning, Teheran retired 15 of the final 16 batters he faced.