Baty goes deep as Mets beat Braves

The Mets beat the Braves in Atlanta tonight, as they jumped out to a 6-1 lead and never gave up the lead, though they did let the Braves get close twice. In the end, it was a 9-7 win.

Starling Marte and Francisco Lindor hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning to get the Mets going, and in the second inning, Brett Baty hit a two-run home run in his first major league at-bat to give the Mets a four-run lead.

Max Scherzer was excellent until he wasn’t, holding the Braves to just a sacrifice fly in the third inning—following a rain delay that lasted about half an hour—and giving the Mets the chance to extend their lead. Mark Canha helped that cause with a run-scoring double in the sixth,…