CBS · Aug 14, 2019
Wheeler Struggles As Mets Drop 2nd Straight, McNeil Injures Hamstring
ATLANTA (CBSNewYork/AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. homered and threw out a runner at the plate to back Max Fried’s fifth straight win, leading the Atlanta Braves past the New York Mets 5-3 on a sweltering Tuesday night.
With Atlanta under a heat alert and the temperature at 94 degrees for the first pitch, the Braves cooled down a New York team that had won 15 of its last 17 games to surge into playoff contention.
Acuña sparked a two-run first against Zack Wheeler by leading off with a long single off the wall in right-center, coming around to score his 100th run of the season. In the fourth, the 21-year-old lined a 409-foot drive into the left-field seats for his 34th homer.