Michael Harris II had three hits and two RBIs to assist right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach and assist the host Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 5-1 on Tuesday within the opener of a three-game sequence.
The win pulled Atlanta (86-71) inside a sport of New York (87-70) within the race for the ultimate wild-card spot within the Nationwide League, which the Mets at present maintain. The Braves are additionally inside a sport of the Arizona Diamondbacks (87-70), who had been set to play later Tuesday.
The Braves have a 6-5 edge within the season sequence with New York and wish one victory to clinch the tiebreaker. Atlanta owns the tiebreaker in opposition to Arizona.
Harris was 3-for-4 with a double and a house run and prolonged his hitting streak to eight video games. He has gone 18-for-37 (.486) throughout that span.
Schwellenbach (8-7) pitched seven innings and allowed one run on three hits, with one stroll and 4 strikeouts. In two begins in opposition to the Mets this season, the rookie has allowed one run in 14 innings.
Joe Jimenez struck out two in a scoreless eighth for the Braves, and Raisel Iglesias pitched an ideal, five-pitch ninth in a non-save scenario.
New York starter Luis Severino (11-7) lasted solely 4 innings after throwing 89 pitches. He gave up 4 runs on seven hits to associate with one stroll and 5 strikeouts.
The Braves despatched eight batters to the plate within the third inning and scored three runs. Orlando Arcia had an infield single and took second on a throwing error on the play. He scored on a double by Harris, who got here residence on an opposite-field single by Ozzie Albies. With two outs, Ramon Laureano drove Albies in with a comfortable single to proper.
Harris upped the result in 4-0 with a solo residence run, his sixteenth lengthy ball of the season, within the fourth inning.
Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna greeted reliever Ryne Stanek with a solo residence run to proper discipline within the fifth. It was the thirty ninth homer of the 12 months for Ozuna.
New York acquired its run within the seventh inning on a solo homer by Mark Vientos, his twenty sixth huge fly of 2024.
–Discipline Degree Media