The Mets suffered a power outage in their 7-0 loss against the Braves on Sunday afternoon. Rick Porcello pitched a stellar seven innings, only allowing one homerun in his 350th career start, the 31-year-old being one of the youngest players to reach that milestone.
The team’s offense was virtually non-existent as they only managed to get three hits over the course of the game.
Things seemed to really fall apart as every aspect of the bullpen struggled with Jeurys Familia allowing two runs and Chasen Shreve being charged with four unearned runs.
Porcello started the game with five strong innings despite issuing a walk to Freddie Freeman in the first, a single to Ozzie Albies in the second, and hitting Ronald Acuna Jr. in the third.
The right- hander made it until the sixth inning scoreless where he then allowed a single home run to Acuna giving the Braves a 1-0 lead.
After working his way through a sticky sixth inning, Porcello made it through the seventh unscathed eventually exiting the game for the day with Jeurys Familia entering for relief. Here’s the starters stellar final line:
7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 1 HR, 100 pitches/70 strikes
Familia struggled right off the bat in the eighth, issuing one-out walks to both Acuna and Freeman. After J.D. Davis retired Marcell Ozuna with a great barehanded play, Travis d’Arnaud who seems to be the Mets kryptonite, hit a two-RBI double to extend the Braves lead.
Chasen Shreve came in to close as the Braves loaded the bases with no outs. Acuna came up to the plate and blew open the game with a base clearing triple giving the Braves a 6-0 lead in the top of the ninth.
Corey Oswalt entered the game with one out and runners on first and third in the ninth as Ozuna pushed home Acuna – making the score 7-0 Braves.
Offense
The Mets were unable to produce the entirety of the game as they only had three hits, two of which were attributed to Wilson Ramos and the other being a Brandon Nimmo single in the ninth, none of which translated to runs.
Jacob deGrom (4-1, 2.09 ERA) will be taking the mound on Monday night for the first game of the Tampa Bay Rays series. First pitch is set for 7:10 pm ET.
DeGrom had a rare bad outing his last time on the hill allowing three runs in only two innings pitched. This was said to be due to leg spasms, so hopefully, he’s back to his normal self tomorrow.
Pete Fairbanks (5-3, 2.74 ERA) gets the ball for Tampa. The game can be seen on SNY and heard on WCBS 880-AM.
