 dominated their potent lineup , allowing just five hits, striking out 10 and even helping himself at the plate, leading off the sixth with a double and coming around to score.''I felt like in the bullpen (before the game), I was throwing pretty much every pitch where I wanted to,'' deGrom said. ''There are times when that happens and you go out and stink. I was able to bring it from there to the game.'' Freeman and Josh Donaldson hit back-to-back homers off deGrom in the ninth, ending a bid for the second shutout and fourth complete game of his career. Robert Gsellman came on for the beleaguered Mets bullpen to strike out the final two Atlanta hitters.''I wanted to finish that one,'' deGrom said. ''I made a couple of mistakes, and they hit the ball out of the ballpark.'' The Mets knocked out Braves starter Julio Teheran (5-5) with six runs over the first four innings. Alonso's RBI double in the third sparked a four-run outburst that got the Mets rolling toward just their second win in six games. The rookie first baseman finished off Teheran with a two-run shot in the fourth, launching a 426-foot drive over the center-field wall.Alonso also had a double in the first, a walk in the sixth and an infield single in the seventh to complete his big night. In addition to three RBIs, he scored three times.Conforto added another long homer in the eighth, driving one toward the Chop House restaurant in right field while Matt Joyce barely moved as the ball sailed over his head. Conforto and Todd Frazier both had two RBIs, while McNeil chipped in with three hits.JULIO STUMBLESTeheran shrugged off his first loss since April 30.''It feels weird,'' he said. ''It's been a while since I gave up that many runs. But everything was going their way today.'' This has been a bounce-back season for Teheran, a former ace who has struggled the past few years. He had gone 3-0 in his previous eight starts, not allowing more than one earned run in any of those games.This one got away early.''I don't feel like I had my best stuff,'' Teheran said, ''and they were swinging the bat really good.'' BULLPEN SHAKEUPThe Mets shook up their bullpen before the game, placing Jeurys Familia (7.81 ERA) on the 10-day injured list and optioning Drew Gagnon (7.65) to Triple-A Syracuse. Right-hander Stephen Nogosek and lefty Daniel Zamora got the call from the minors.TRAINER'S ROOMMets: LHP Justin Wilson was scratched from his rehab appearance at Triple-A Syracuse because of tightness in his elbow. Wilson was 1-1 with 4.82 ERA in 10 appearances for the Mets before he went on the injured list with left elbow soreness. ... Familia was placed on the IL with a bone spur in his pitching shoulder after giving up three runs and recording only one out in Monday's loss.Braves: RHP Kevin Gausman will head to Atlanta's spring training complex in North Port, Florida to continue his rehab from plantar fasciitis in the right foot. He will work toward returning to the Braves as a starter, though his future may be in the bullpen after Dallas Keuchel joins the Braves rotation, perhaps by this weekend.UP NEXTAtlanta LHP Max Fried (7-3, 4.11 ERA) will look to snap out of his slump when he faces New York LHP Steven Matz (5-4, 3.93). Fried got off to a brilliant start for the Braves this season, but he's surrendered 17 earned runs in 20 1/3 innings over his last four starts.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 His work can be found at https://apnews.com/search/paul%20newberry---For more baseball coverage: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Braves' Teheran, Mets' deGrom set for showdownFLMJacob deGrom has feasted against the Atlanta Braves. Julio Teheran has done likewise against the New York Mets.Something will have to give on Tuesday when deGrom (3-6, 3.38) goes toe-to-toe against Teheran (5-4, 2.92) in the second game of a three-game series in Atlanta between the two N. L. East rivals.DeGrom, the reigning Cy Young Award winner, allowed two earned runs over seven innings while striking out eight against St. Louis in his last outing on June 13. In three appearances in June, deGrom has a 2.29 ERA -- allowing no more than two runs in a game -- with 25 strikeouts in 19 2/3 innings.The right-hander has a 1.86 ERA in 116 career innings against the Braves, his lowest ERA against an opponent from the N. L. East. In his last eight starts against the Braves, deGrom has allowed eight runs in 53 innings for a 1.36 ERA.In his last start against the Braves on April 14, deGrom allowed three runs on five hits and four walks, with nine strikeouts, in a 7-3 loss. He is 4-4 with a 2.31 ERA in 11 starts in Atlanta.The Braves won the first game of the series 12-3 on Monday and lead the season series 3-2. The loss dropped the Mets four games under .500 as they begin an 11-game road trip that could make or break their season."We need to get to .500," New York manager Mickey Callaway said. "We talked about it (Monday morning) as a group. We need to get to .500 and start adding on past that." DeGrom will be tasked with stopping an Atlanta offense that has scored double-digit runs six times in June. The Braves have won their last two games by a combined 27-4 and have scored at least five runs in 10 of their last 11 games.Among the hottest hitters has been center fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. He has a nine-game hitting streak and is 7-for-10 over the last two games. Acuna is hitting .409 (18-for-44) with three homers during the streak. He lifted his batting average to .301."Everybody in our lineup can do damage," second baseman Ozzie Albies said. "We just have to keep it going." That's good news for Teheran, who has beaten the Mets more than any other team in his career. The native of Colombia is 10-7 with a 2.35 ERA in 26 appearances, 25 starts, against New York.Teheran has pitched well over the last month. In his previous five starts, Teheran is 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA. He has allowed six runs, three earned, over his last 27 2/3 innings, without yielding a home run.Teheran beat the Mets on April 14 when he pitched six innings and allowed only one run on six hits and two walks, striking out six.In his last start on June 13 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Teheran pitched six innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits and three walks. He had not surrendered a run in his two previous starts."It was very evident to me that he was on a mission," Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said after Teheran beat the Pirates.--Field Level Media
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