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Mets and Jacob deGrom beat Braves to NL East lead of 6 1/2, sealing a dominant weekend

Jacob deGrom was Mr. Untouchables in the first 17-hitters they faced on Sunday, but was an endurance starter in his second major league start for the Mets in 2013. The law has caught up with him. Moon.

His 73rd pitch was a 98 mph fastball, and Ehire on the 4th pitch he missed Adrianza's high, giving the Braves a first base runner. Three balls later, Dansby Swanson hit a home run over the right-center fence to give the Braves the first hit and run. deGrom is done for the day.

At that point, the Mets were ahead of him by three points, and at Citi Field he was looking to beat his NL East rival with a 5-2 win. By winning four of his five games in the series, the Mets have dealt a heavy blow to the Braves' chances of winning his fifth straight in the NL East. The Braves left town 6½ games behind in the division. The Braves still have his seven games left in his two series with the Mets in Atlanta, and this could be their biggest source of hope in a race that's out of their hands.

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Robert Sabo

deGrom, his 200th career match, first since July 7 His start at home was the 6th-place car last season. At least one of his strikeouts for each hitter in the Braves lineup was included. DeGron recorded 12 strikeouts in total, striking out Marcel Ozuna and Michael Harris II to start his sixth on his 56 pitches after recording his 15 straight outs.

Adrianza's walk and Swanson's home run allowed the manager's Buck Showalter to wrest the ball back from his deGrom. Lynyrd, a song that had been shelved for over a year as deGrom recovered from various arm ailments and a stress reaction to his right shoulder blade, he entered Skynyrd's "Simple Man," and the Mets' ace made his day. It started with a round of applause.

Swanson struck out before the home run as he started the fourth inning. That strikeout was his 1,518th in deGrom's career. His 200 career starts are the most by a pitcher.

Relief Joely Rodriguez pitched 2¹/3 his innings scoreless with his four strikeouts, probably his best performance of the season for the Mets. Edwin Diaz struck out for the side in the ninth inning with his 25th save as the Mets pitcher ended with 19 strikeouts.

Braves rookie starter Spencer his strider was knocked out in the third inning after allowing two bases on six hits and four earned runs. The Mets afflicted righties with patient at-bats that extended the inning.

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Robert Sabo

Pete Alonso's grounder from the third base bag went 2 runs. It doubles in the third to give the Mets a 2-0 lead. Alonso extended his MLB lead to 97 in RBI.

After Daniel Vogelbach walked the ball, Marc Caña hit his two-run double to force the Braves into his 4–0 hole. More cheers erupted from the crowd as the heavy Vogelbach rumbling around the base. It's the third time this season that Vogelbach has doubled from the opener.

Jeff McNeil hit his double off his fifth and fly with him out and he advanced to third before Colin He scored on McHugh's wild pitch and gave the Mets his fifth. I gave points. The Mets missed a scoring opportunity in the first inning when Brandon Nimo was called at his second base on Sterling's Marte ground ball. Adrianza tagged Nemo without the ball in his glove before throwing to first base, but Matt Olson cautiously fired at second base where the tag was applied before Nimo reached the bag. After a lengthy review, Jeff Nelson's first outcall did not stop Nemo from running to base, and it was ruled that Nemo was actually out.