Michael Harris II had three hits and two RBIs to help right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach and assist the host Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 5-1 on Tuesday within the opener of a three-game sequence.
The win pulled Atlanta (86-71) inside a sport of New York (87-70) within the race for the ultimate wild-card spot within the Nationwide League, which the Mets at present maintain. The Braves are additionally inside a sport of the Arizona Diamondbacks (87-70), who had been set to play later Tuesday.
The Braves have a 6-5 edge within the season sequence with New York and wish one victory to clinch the tiebreaker. Atlanta owns the tiebreaker towards Arizona.
Harris was 3-for-4 with a double and a house run and prolonged his hitting streak to eight video games. He has gone 18-for-37 (.486) throughout that span.
Schwellenbach (8-7) pitched seven innings and allowed one run on three hits, with one stroll and 4 strikeouts. In two begins towards the Mets this season, the rookie has allowed one run in 14 innings.
Joe Jimenez struck out two in a scoreless eighth for the Braves, and Raisel Iglesias pitched an ideal, five-pitch ninth in a non-save scenario.
New York starter Luis Severino (11-7) lasted solely 4 innings after throwing 89 pitches. He gave up 4 runs on seven hits to associate with one stroll and 5 strikeouts.
The Braves despatched eight batters to the plate within the third inning and scored three runs. Orlando Arcia had an infield single and took second on a throwing error on the play. He scored on a double by Harris, who got here house on an opposite-field single by Ozzie Albies. With two outs, Ramon Laureano drove Albies in with a mushy single to proper.
Harris upped the result in 4-0 with a solo house run, his sixteenth lengthy ball of the season, within the fourth inning.
Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna greeted reliever Ryne Stanek with a solo house run to proper discipline within the fifth. It was the thirty ninth homer of the yr for Ozuna.
New York bought its run within the seventh inning on a solo homer by Mark Vientos, his twenty sixth huge fly of 2024.
–Discipline Degree Media
