ATLANTA (AP) — Martín Pérez pitched six more scoreless innings, Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson homered, and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 4-0 Tuesday night.
Pérez (8-6) stretched his scoreless stretch to 18 innings, the third-longest active starting streak in the majors behind Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen and Miami’s Sandy Alcantara, both at 20 innings.
Albies homered in the fifth on an 0-2 pitch from Nolan McLean (8-8), the only significant mistake made by the Mets starter over six innings. Olson added his 35th homer in the eighth, a two-run shot.
The Braves had only three hits, but produced enough offense for Pérez, who has not allowed a run since Francisco Linder of the Mets hit a two-run homer when the teams met in New York on July 27.
The 35-year-old left-hander has given a huge boost to the Braves’ injury plagued rotation since being brought in as a non-roster addition for spring training.