Braves Bring Big Bats to New York, Taking Down Mets in Series Opener

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The Atlanta Braves used a big offensive inning and a shutdown effort from Charlie Morton to take down the New York Mets 4-2 in the series opener on Friday night

from Citi Field.One of the big storylines this season has been the lack of power from the top of the Braves order - the top-of-the-order quartet of Ronald Acuña Jr, Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, and Matt Olson entered tonight’s contest with a combined ten homers...Two less than Marcell Ozuna has by himself.The Braves hit 1,213 feet of homers in the 3rd inning off of José Quintana, all with two outs - Ronald Acuña Jr.

Atlanta’s closer picked up his tenth save of the season. It’s his 200th save of his career, just the 2nd Cuban-born player to reach that milestone. His 200 saves make him the 54th player in MLB history to reach that milestone. The Braves are back in action tomorrow night against the Mets, with Max Fried taking the mound against prospect Christian Scott. First pitch is scheduled for 4:10 PM ET on Bally Sports Southeast and FS1 .Managing Editor for Braves Today and the 2023 IBWAA Prospects/Minors Writer of the Year. You can reach him at contact@bravestoday.com

 

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