NEW YORK -- No matter what their expectations for any given summer, the Mets nearly always begin their season idyllically. Coming into Monday, their .636 Opening Day winning percentage ranked tops in Major League history by no small margin.
A club that boasts World Series aspirations was not about to sully that trend. Parlaying an overturned replay review into a six-run seventh inning, the Mets shook off Noah Syndergaard's early departure en route to a 6-0 win over the Braves at Citi Field.
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.