Luis Torrens’ two-out double in the 10th inning drove in two runs and the visiting New York Mets hung on to defeat the Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Monday and earn a split of their four-game series.
Torrens was down to his last strike against Owen Murphy (0-1), who was making his major league debut, when he stroked a double just out of the reach of left fielder Jorge Mateo.
Brooks Raley (3-3) got the final out of the ninth. Luke Weaver allowed an RBI double to Michael Harris II and walked Matt Olson intentionally and Jorge Mateo unintentionally to load the bases, then induced Mauricio Dubon to hit into a fielder’s choice and end the game with his first save.
In a wild ninth, New York’s Juan Soto hit a three-run homer with two outs to give the Mets a 5-3 lead, but Olson clubbed a two-run shot – his second homer of the game and 24th of the season — in the bottom of the inning to tie the game 5-5 and force extra innings.
Soto crushed a fastball 430 feet into the second deck in right field. The homer, his 19th, came off Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias, ending his streak of 35 consecutive saves.
Olson took Mets closer Devin Williams deep to left field for an opposite-field homer.
Atlanta starter Reynaldo Lopez pitched five innings and gave up one run on three hits and two walks, striking out five.
New York starter Freddy Peralta worked 4 2/3 innings and allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits and one walk, striking out six.
The Mets’ Carson Benge hit a solo home run, his 11th, in the second inning.
The Braves scored twice in the bottom of the second to take a 2-1 lead. Jim Jarvis singled to collect his first career RBI and Harris followed with a run-scoring single.
Olson belted a solo homer in the third, a 403-foot shot that landed in the second level of the right field seats.
The Mets scored a run in the sixth on Francisco Alvarez’s RBI single, cutting their deficit to 3-2.
-Field Level Media
