Five Mets pitchers combined to hold the Braves to one run on three hits in a 3-1 win, but all thoughts were on Kevin Pillar following a scary incident after the outfielder was hit by a pitch in the face.
5 things to know from Monday’s game
1. Pillar came to the plate with the bases loaded in the seventh, and earned an RBI in the hardest – and most frightening – way possible. A Jacob Webb fastball came up and in on Pillar, drilling him square in the face as blood immediately came pouring from Pillar’s nose.