NEW YORK (AP) – While the Atlanta Braves have stumbled out of the gate, the New York Mets are off to a fast start and look like a legitimate threat to the reigning champions.
But the Braves didn’t win those rings by accident.
Austin Riley homered, Max Fried won his third straight outing and Atlanta cooled off the Mets with a 5-2 victory Monday night in the first of 19 meetings between the National League East rivals this season.
“We’ve been having a rough time here lately and we put something together, so it was good for us to get this win,” manager Brian Snitker said.
Travis d’Arnaud had three hits and three more RBIs against his former team. Fried (3-2) settled in after a rocky start, outpitching Chris Bassitt in Atlanta’s second comeback win of the season to open the four-game series.