Final score: Mets 4, Braves 2—deGrom looks good

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Jacob deGrom threw five scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 0.50 on the season, as the Mets defeated the Braves in the first seven-inning game of their doubleheader at Citi Field this evening. deGrom struck out six, walked, two, and allowed just one hit—on a ball that should have been caught—just five days after exiting his previous start with shoulder discomfort.

The Mets’ offense provided more than enough support, as Jonathan Villar scored on a wild pitch in the first and Dom Smith hit a bases-clearing three-run double in the bottom of the fifth. That was more than enough insurance for the two-run home run that Seth Lugo served up to Ozzie Albies in the…