 to right field. Cabrera ran halfway to third before stopping and trying to return to second. A review showed he was out at second, overturning the original call.Ravin hit Gsellman with a pitch to open the 12th. Gsellman moved to second on Amed Rosario's sacrifice. Michael Conforto popped out before Cespedes delivered the go-ahead hit.Gsellman (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings. He struck out Preston Tucker to end the 11th with runners on first and second. Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect 12th for his eighth save.New York starter Noah Syndergaard allowed three runs and seven hits, including a homer by Ozzie Albies, in six innings. Atlanta's Sean Newcomb also lasted six innings and gave up three runs, two earned.Rosario's double drove in Tomas Nido, who singled, in the Mets' two-run third. New York took a 3-1 lead in the fourth when Wilmer Flores' single drove in Todd Frazier, who walked and stole second. Flores was thrown out at second.The Braves tied it in the sixth when Nick Markakis doubled, moved to third on a wild pitch by Syndergaard and scored on Kurt Suzuki's fly to left field.Flores was thrown out at the plate in the sixth while trying to score from first base on Jay Bruce's high bloop double into shallow left field. Flores was waved around third base, but thrown out at the plate by Preston Tucker. A review confirmed Suzuki made the tag before Flores, sliding head-first, touched the plate.The double snapped Bruce's 0-for-19 slump.A Braves fan was ejected in the sixth for reaching over the wall on the right-field line and interfering with an attempt by Markakis to catch a foul popup hit by Cabrera. Following a delay of 1 minute, 49 seconds, which showed the ball to be in the field of play, Cabrera was called out. The fan, who was wearing a Braves cap and Braves shirt under his jacket, appeared to be embarrassed as he was booed during video replays before being escorted from his seat.Albies became the first middle infielder in Braves franchise history to hit six home runs in April. He entered the game leading the majors with 15 extra-base hits.TRAINER'S ROOMMets: LHP Jason Vargas (broken right hand) will make a rehab start Monday in Las Vegas, instead of Sunday as originally planned. He could be in line to join the Mets' rotation late next week, possibly replacing struggling RHP Matt Harvey. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said no decision has been made on Harvey's role.Braves: Ravin (viral infection) was activated from the 10-day disabled list before the game. RHP Lucas Sims, who recorded only one out while giving up three runs in relief Thursday night, was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett.UP NEXTMets: RHP Jacob deGrom (2-0, 3.24) is 5-3 with a 2.19 ERA in 11 career starts against Atlanta. The 2.19 ERA is the lowest among all active pitchers with at least 10 career starts against the Braves.Braves: RHP Julio Teheran (1-1, 5.40) will look for his second straight win after allowing one run in six innings in a 2-1 win over the Phillies on Monday.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Mets' Syndergaard tries to subdue Braves 2h ago• 2 min read ATLANTA -- Noah Syndergaard struck out eight straight Milwaukee batters and 11 overall in 5 1/3 innings Sunday, but the New York Mets right-hander said he didn't feel like he was all the way back."I'm barely scratching the surface," he said afterward.Syndergaard, who was limited to seven starts by a lat tear last year, will try to make it to the seventh inning for the first time this season and get his first victory over Atlanta as he faces the Braves at SunTrust Park on Friday night.Syndergaard takes a 2-0 record and 2.95 ERA into the matchup with Braves left-hander Sean Newcomb and is hoping to build off his no-decision against the Brewers, when he allowed only an unearned run."I feel like this is finally a step in the right direction," he said afterward. "I finally got a glimpse of what I'm capable of. I felt like my first three starts were not up to par." Syndergaard is 0-1 with a 3.92 ERA in four career games against the Braves, but pitched six scoreless innings in a no-decision at New York last April.Freddie Freeman is 5-for-9 with three extra-base hits against Syndergaard and the first baseman will be in the Braves' lineup after getting a scare Wednesday in the series finale against Philadelphia.Freeman, who missed 47 games last year after being hit on the left wrist by a pitch from Toronto's Aaron Loup, was plunked by Hoby Milner in the same area."It missed (the bone) I broke last year by about half an inch," Freeman said.Freeman suffered just a bruise this time and he was 2-for-3 and drove in his 13th run of the season with a sacrifice fly as the Braves defeated the Mets 12-4 on Thursday in the opener of the four-game series.The victory moved the Braves (11-7) to within two games of the Mets (13-5), who had been 6-0 on the road, for first place in the National League East.Preston Tucker drove in a career-high five runs with a pair of doubles and fill-in starter Matt Wisler limited the Mets two hits, one a homer by Todd Frazier, over seven innings.The Braves lead the National League with 104 runs scored and are four games over .500 for the first time since April 2015.Newcomb made his major league debut against the Mets in June and will be facing them for the fourth time after going 1-2 with a 2.70 ERA versus New York in 2017.The former first-round draft choice of the Los Angeles Angels is 1-1 with a 4.02 ERA in three starts this season, the last two impressive outings in frigid conditions in Colorado and against the Cubs in Chicago.Newcomb, who was 4-9 with a 4.32 ERA as a rookie, has shown an effective changeup his last two starts."I've been throwing it more, more than my curve, and it has been a good pitch," Newcomb said. "I've gotten out some good hitters out with it." Asdrubal Cabrera is the Met who has had the most success against Newcomb, going 5-for-9 with a double.
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