Marcus Stroman believes Mets will see his best soon

ATLANTA — Marcus Stroman was just good enough to earn his first Mets win Thursday night.

The veteran right-hander labored through the first inning of the Mets’ 10-8 victory over the Braves at SunTrust Park, needing 33 pitches, but was more efficient as the game progressed.

He lasted 5 ¹/\u2083 innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and four walks with five strikeouts, departing after 96 pitches. The only earned runs against Stroman came on homers by Matt Joyce and Josh Donaldson.

“This team, Atlanta, one through nine is pretty special,” Stroman said. “So it’s a priority on making your pitches and not leaving anything over the plate, especially to those one through five…