Last night in Atlanta, the Mets lost a game. As far as the standings are concerned, it was the same as any other loss, but it was a game that tested the limits of the “it ain’t over til it’s over” approach to baseball.
The details of the game are out there on the internet if you want to re-live the game in gruesome play-by-play detail. In short, Pete Alonso hit a two-run home run in the top of the first, and then the Braves went on to score twenty unanswered runs.
In addition to losing the game, though, the Mets lost David Peterson to injury, as the lefty left early with a sharp pain in his right side.