Shocking: Mets lose game in Atlanta

For the second time in as many nights, the Mets took a 4-1 lead in Atlanta, blew the lead, and lost to the rival Braves.

Things seemed like they might go better in this game, as Max Scherzer racked up strikeouts and held Atlanta to just that one run through the first four innings of the game. But he gave up a two-run home run to Sean Murphy in the bottom of the fifth and gave up two more in the bottom of the sixth, one each on a Michael Harris II double and a Ronald Acuña Jr. single.

The Mets managed to answer—which didn’t happen on Tuesday night—but only on a bittersweet note. Tommy Pham hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, a ball that easily could have plated multiple runs to give the…