Talking Chop · Aug 5, 2022
Braves drop opener to Mets, 6-4
The Atlanta Braves dug themselves an early hole and were unable to recover in a 6-4 loss to the New York Mets.
The Mets struck quickly against Kyle Wright as Starling Marte reached on an infield single and then moved to second on a walk by Francisco Lindor. Pete Alonso jumped on a hanging breaking ball and drove a single to left that scored Marte to put them in front 1-0. With runners at the corners, Wright got the ground ball that he needed as Daniel Vogelbach hit into a 4-6-3 twin killing to end the inning.
New York added another run in the second as Tyler Naquin drove a pitch from Wright into the right field bullpen to make it 2-0.