Acuña homers and Schwellenbach goes 7 innings as Braves beat skidding Mets once more

Michael Harris II and Sean Murphy every had an early sacrifice fly for the Braves, who beat starter Paul Blackburn for the second time in six days and improved to 4-0 in opposition to the Mets this season.

Juan Soto hit a two-run homer that pulled the Mets inside one, however he struck out in opposition to left-hander Dylan Lee with runners on the corners to finish the eighth.

New York has dropped 9 of 10, together with a three-game sweep by its NL East rival in Atlanta final week.

Schwellenbach allowed consecutive singles within the third for New York’s first two hits. The scoring menace ended when third baseman Austin Riley made a diving catch of Brandon Nimmo’s popup close to the tarp in foul territory.

Nimmo walked with two outs within the sixth and Soto drove a sinker into the left-center stands for his seventeenth homer of the 12 months and eighth in 21 video games this month.

Schwellenbach struck out 4 and accomplished seven innings for the eighth time in 16 begins. He took over the foremost league lead in innings pitched with 103 2/3.

Lee retired all 4 batters he confronted for his second profession save, snapping Atlanta’s team-record streak of 31 video games with out one. It was the Braves’ first save since May 16.

Lee took over for Raisel Iglesias with two outs within the eighth and wanted eight pitches to strike out Soto, falling behind 3-1 within the rely earlier than fanning the slugger for the third time in 9 profession at-bats.

Since his season debut on May 23, Acuña is the one certified batter within the majors with an on-base proportion over .500. He is 40 for 101 with 21 walks.

Atlanta RHP Spencer Strider begins Tuesday evening in opposition to RHP Frankie Montas, set to return off the injured checklist for his Mets debut.

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