The Braves had ten hits in the loss. Evan Gattis hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning that appeared to be the winning run until the bullpen blew it in the ninth. It was Gattis' seventh home run of the season. Dan Uggla, B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena all led the Braves with two hits. Andrelton Simmons had a hit and drove in two runs for Atlanta, Juan Francisco also had a hit and drove in a run. Freddie Freeman was the only other Brave to get a hit in the game.
Mike Minor pitched seven effective innings for the Braves. He gave up three runs on three hits, all the runs came on homers by the Mets' John Buck and Lucas Duda. He struck out four batters and was in line for the win but ended up with no decision. Eric O'Flaherty pitched the eighth inning and gave up a solo home run to Marlon Byrd, that was chance number one lost. After Gattis' homer, Craig Kimbrel came in to pitch the ninth inning and gave up a home run to David Wright, but somehow he was able to strike out the other three batters he faced. It is the second blown save for Kimbrel in his last three tries. Jordan Walden came in to pitch the tenth and he got two quick outs before surrendering two runs to the Mets, he is now 1-1 on the year. Luis Avilan came in to pitch but couldn't record an out and Cory Gearrin came in to finish the inning.
The Braves are now 17-12 on the year and will continue their three-game series with the Mets tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m. Julio Teheran (1-0) will make the start for Atlanta against Jonathon Niese (2-2) of the Mets.
Jordan Walden walks off the mound after being taken out of the game by Braves' manager Fredi Gonzalez, Walden blew the game in the tenth inning.
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