Matt Olson emphatically ended a 16-game homerless streak Friday with pair of solo shots to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 win over the visiting New York Mets in the opener of a four-game series.
It was Olson’s second multi-home run game of the season and the 27th of his career. He raised his total to a team-high 22 homers this season.
The Braves had only five hits and four left the park. Michael Harris II and Ozzie Albies also homered for Atlanta.
Grant Holmes (5-4) went five innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk, striking out two. Raisel Iglesias allowed an RBI single to Bo Bichette in the ninth but earned his 17th save.
New York starter Christian Scott (2-1) worked four innings and allowed three runs on two hits and four walks, with seven strikeouts.
The Mets fell a season-worst 16 games below .500.
The Braves broke through in the second inning when Harris hit a two-run homer, his 15th. Harris had saved a run in the top of the first when he robbed Carson Benge of an extra-base hit by making a long running catch.
The Mets tied it in the third on an opposite-field home run by Juan Soto, his 18th of the season and 27th of his career against the Braves.
Albies put the Braves on top again in the third with a solo homer, his 14th, for a 3-2 lead.
Atlanta got another run in the fifth inning when Olson hit a solo homer to the right-center-field seats. The homer came against reliever A.J. Minter and ended a streak of 25 consecutive scoreless appearances by the left-hander. It was the first earned run the former Brave has allowed this season.
Olson hit another solo homer in the eighth off Kodai Senga.
–Field Level Media
