For a while, the weather forecast seemed to suggest that there would be no baseball in Queens tonight. But with things looking considerably wetter tomorrow and Sunday, MLB and both clubs did their best to get tonight’s game in, so as to avoid any further scheduling headaches with two almost-certain rainouts in their future.
As such, things did get underway, and the Mets fell to the Braves 4-0 in five innings. Considering the lopsided pitching matchup—New York turned to David Peterson, while Atlanta had NL Cy Young runner-up Max Fried on the mound—the result is hardly surprising.