 pitched five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and one intentional walk with two strikeouts.The Mets got what they needed from Vargas, who was pitching on three days' rest and began the game 1-3 with a 10.62 ERA in five starts in his first season with New York.New York made it 2-0 in the seventh off Atlanta starter Julio Teheran (4-3) when Amed Rosario tripled with two outs and scored on Nimmo's single.The Mets went up 3-1 in the eighth on Gonzalez's single off Sam Freeman and took a 4-1 lead in the ninth when Rosario doubled off Miguel Socolovich and scored on Nimmo's double.New York led 1-0 in the fourth when Jay Bruce doubled and scored on Gonzalez's double.Teheran gave up five hits, two runs and three walks in seven innings. He struck out three.New York moved Vargas up in the rotation after Noah Syndergaard went on the disabled list with a strained ligament in his right index finger. Vargas had given up 34 hits, including six homers, with 10 walks in 20 1/3 innings in his first season with the Mets and was hit hard in a loss May 3 to the Braves in New York.But he kept Atlanta off-balance, allowing a first-inning single to Freddie Freeman and a second-inning double to Charlie Culberson.Tim Peterson, making his major league debut, retired the first four batters he faced before Johan Camargo hit his fourth homer in the seventh to cut the lead to 2-1.PERFECT CONDITIONSAfter the first three games had over four combined hours of delays caused by rain or the threat of a storm, Wednesday's games breezed through in 2 hours, 42 minutes. The temperature stayed in the high 70s on a clear night.TRAINER'S ROOMMets: LHP Steven Matz is listed day to day, and the team hopes he won't miss a turn in the rotation with a mild strain in his middle left finger. Manager Mickey Callaway said Matz isn't expected to go on the disabled list.Braves: RHP Mike Soroka, on the disabled list the past two weeks with a right shoulder strain, will make his first rehab appearance Friday at Class A Rome.UP NEXTMets: RHP Seth Lugo (1-1, 2.48 ERA) will make his first start of the season as the Mets open a four-game home series against the Chicago Cubs. In 26 starts, he's 12-6 with a 4.09 ERA. He's 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA in one start and two relief appearances when facing the Cubs.Braves: LHP Sean Newcomb (5-1, 2.75 ERA) is coming off no-decision last Saturday at Boston in which he lasted just three innings and gave up six hits and three runs. Before that, Newcomb had won four starts this month and allowed just one run and nine hits in 25 innings. Newcomb is 0-2 with a 9.72 ERA in two career starts against Washington.---For more baseball coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Mets look to salvage split against Braves, Teheran 8h ago• 2 min read The Atlanta Braves are hopeful that Julio Teheran will hold form when he faces the New York Mets on Wednesday and give his team a chance to win the four-game series at SunTrust Park.Teheran (4-2, 4.20) will square off against New York's Jason Vargas (1-3, 10.62) in the final game of the rain-plagued series in Atlanta. The Braves have won two of the first three games and have claimed seven of nine meetings against the Mets.Vargas is taking the start in place of Noah Syndergaard, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a sore right finger. The club is hopeful the big right-hander will only miss one start. He missed 4 1/2 months with a torn lat muscle last year.Teheran was a tough-luck loser in his last start when he allowed three runs on only four hits in six innings of a loss to Boston.Teheran has feasted on the Mets throughout his career. In 22 appearances, 21 starts, the right-hander is 9-5 with a 2.32 ERA. In his last start against the Mets on May 3, Teheran allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings, striking out six.He is tied for the club lead with six quality starts and has received 3.4 runs of support per game. The Braves are 8-3 in Teheran's starts.A couple of New York regulars have had success against Teheran: Asdrubal Cabrera is hitting .310 with three doubles and Jay Bruce has two home runs.Vargas will be making his sixth start of the season and he has not yet pitched more than five innings. Other than a game against Miami where he threw five scoreless innings, Vargas has not pitched well. He allowed five runs in three innings of his last start on May 26 at Milwaukee, the fourth time he's allowed four or more runs."They weren't ready to lay down at all," Vargas said of the Brewers. "They were ready to come right back. I didn't think I made many bad pitches." Vargas started against the Braves on May 3 and gave up six runs on 11 hits, three of them homers, in 4 2/3 innings. In three career appearances, two starts, against Atlanta, he's 0-1 with an 8.22 ERA.Atlanta has continued to show resilience in the late innings. The Braves have scored 100 runs in the seventh inning or later and have overcome five deficits in the ninth inning or later, the second most in baseball and only one behind St. Louis."The main thing is they're grinding out at-bats," Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. "It helps when you have guys who never stop grinding at-bats and doing great things." The Braves have two walk-off wins against the Mets in this series. Charlie Culberson delivered a ninth-inning homer to win the first game of Monday's doubleheader and Johan Camargo ripped a solo homer in the ninth inning to win Tuesday's game as the Braves rallied from a 6-2 deficit.Atlanta has now won 45 games in its final at-bat since Snitker became the manager in 2016. Over the last two seasons, the Braves have scored 375 runs in the seventh inning or later.
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