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Despite late rally, Mets hand Braves 11th straight home loss

When pinch-hitter Adonis Jordan hit a game-tying three-run homer in the eighth inning Saturday, it seemed long-suffering Braves fans might, for one night, have the last laugh on thousands of Mets fans at Turner Field.

So much for that quaint notion.

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Andrelton Simmons #19 of the Atlanta Braves breaks his bat during the second inning in the game against the New York

Not only did the Mets take the lead back in the ninth, they did it on former Brave Kelly Johnson’s RBI single.

The Mets scored twice in the ninth and won, 6-4, the Braves’ 23rd loss in 26 games and their 11th consecutive defeat at Turner Field as they stagger toward the finish line of a season gone historically bad.