The Braves keep hoping Williams Perez will have some success before the season ends, to put behind him a three-month stint on the disabled list and start to feel a little better about things in his second major league season.
But time is running out, he’s been struggling, and now he’s hurt again.
Yoenis Cespedes hit a third-inning grand slam off Perez that gave the Mets a 5-0 lead Sunday, and they cruised to a 10-3 rout of the Braves in a series finale at Turner Field.
Perez (2-3) gave up four hits, five runs and one walk in 2 2/3 innings and left the game with what was diagnosed as an impingement in his right triceps.