After Syndergaard and Julio Teheran traded zeros for the game's first six innings, the Mets caught their break when Asdrubal Cabrera singled home pinch-runner Wilmer Flores in the seventh. Though home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg initially ruled Flores out, replays showed that Braves catcher Tyler Flowers shifted his body enough to give Flores a lane to the plate. He took it, tapping his toe on the rubber surface before Flowers could tag him.
The overturned call catapulted the Mets, who followed with a walk, a sacrifice fly, two more free passes and a Lucas Duda three-run double.