4:10 pm
August 7

Braves @ Mets

Who will WIN this matchup?

Atlanta Braves (64-45)

@ New York Mets (69-39)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Strider (ATL): 6-3; 2.79 ERA

deGrom (NYM) 0-0; 1.80 ERA

 

Current odds:

Atlanta Braves: (+122)

New York Mets: (-145)

 

• Pete Alonso offered a deceptively simple-sounding assessment of things for the New York Mets after they played games Nos. 107 and 108 — completing exactly two-thirds of their regular-season schedule — Saturday afternoon and evening. “We’ve got a lot of time left and we want to make the most out of every single day,” Alonso said. The Mets certainly made the most out of Saturday, when their doubleheader sweep of Atlanta drastically cut the amount of time left for the Braves to mount a charge in the National League East.

• The Mets never trailed in sweeping Saturday’s day-night doubleheader. David Peterson tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings in the opener and earned the win in the Mets’ 8-5 victory before Max Scherzer struck out 11 — tying a season high — over seven scoreless innings in leading the hosts to a 6-2 win in the nightcap. The wins lifted the first-place Mets (69-39) to 30 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2006 season and extended their lead over the second-place Braves to 5 1/2 games.

• deGrom made his first start since July 7, 2021, on Tuesday night, when he didn’t factor into the decision after giving up one run over five innings in the Mets’ 5-1 loss to the Washington Nationals, The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner missed the second half of last season with elbow woes and was sidelined this season with a scapula injury.

• Strider, a leading contender for the NL Rookie of the Year, earned the win Tuesday after surrendering one run over 6 2/3 innings as the Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 13-1. He has allowed one run or fewer eight times in 12 starts since moving into the rotation May 30. deGrom is 9-7 with a 1.96 ERA in 25 career starts against the Braves. Strider is 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA in three games (one start) against the Mets.

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New York Mets
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