Folks, the impossible has happened. The Mets—after losing the first five games they played against the Atlanta Braves this year—have finally beaten their division rivals in a baseball game. On a night when the team badly needed a win—after losing ten of the past past eleven games and stumbling into second place—the bats finally broke out in one big inning, resulting in a 7-3 victory to snap their three-game losing streak.
Clay Holmes took the mound looking to rebound from a tough start last week against these same Braves. He was helped out in a big way early on in tonight’s game, as Jeff McNeil—playing in center field, where he remains fairy inexperienced—made a remarkable defensive gem in the top of the first inning by robbing Marcell Ozuna of a two-run homer with a leaping catch.