I can’t say any good things about tonight’s Mets game, an uninspiring 5-0 loss to the Braves, if I’m being honest. But at the very least, I can say that the Mets did not wait until the very late innings to rip our hearts out, instead mercifully taking themselves out of this game from the start.
Early on, as in, the very first pitch of the game, as Ronald Acuña Jr. connected with Paul Blackburn’s very first pitch and sent it over the center field wall to give Atlanta an immediate 1-0 lead. They would go on to tack on two more, as Alex Verdugo singled, Austin Riley walked, and then Matt Olson moved them over with a grounder to first.