ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Nimmo didn’t mind getting dropped from first to eighth in the Mets’ batting order.
Nimmo couldn’t say for sure if he felt less pressure Friday night against Atlanta, but he managed to capitalize on pitches in the strike zone instead of missing or fouling them off.
“That’s what I’ve been I’ve been doing mostly,” he said. “I was glad to do that and find the barrel a couple of times.”
Nimmo hit a two-run homer, Jeff McNeil added a two-run double and New York kept hitting even without Pete Alonso, beating the Braves 6-2.