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Austin Riley and Matt Olson hit back-to-back homers off Jacob deGrom in the second inning Friday night for the Atlanta Braves, who moved into a tie for first place with the visiting New York Mets by earning a 5-2 win in the opener of a pivotal three-game series.
The National League East co-leaders are 98-59.
The Mets need one win over the next two days to clinch the season series and the tiebreaker should the teams finish with the same record.
The NL East winner will earn the second bye in the NL playoffs while the second-place finisher will open the playoffs as a host team in a best-of-three wild card series scheduled to start Oct.