Five Atlanta Home Runs Bury New York in a 14-3 Rout
Atlanta sent five different players deep and scored in six of eight innings, turning Sunday's game into a 14-3 demolition of New York. The Mets never led, never threatened to lead, and never found an answer for an Atlanta lineup that just kept reloading.
The damage started early and it started with Eli White. In the second inning, White homered to left at 358 feet — a swing that pushed Atlanta's win probability from 73% to 82% before New York had even recorded a hit. That's the kind of tone-setter that makes a dugout feel very long. The third inning was worse for the Mets: a Harris II single plated a run, then White doubled to center to score three more, and just like that it was 5-0. Mauricio Dubón added a solo shot to left in the fourth, and Sean Manaea's night was effectively over before it began — he allowed 6 earned runs across 5 innings on 6 hits.
New York did fight back, briefly. A solo homer in the fifth made it 6-1, and in the sixth, Mark Vientos launched a two-run shot to left center at 396 feet to pull the Mets within 6-3. For about half an inning, the game had a pulse. Atlanta killed it immediately. Still in the sixth, a double to center scored a run, then a groundout scored another, and the lead was back to five. The Mets went scoreless the rest of the way — the final 12 outs produced nothing.
What followed was a methodical execution. Mike Yastrzemski went 420 feet to right in the seventh, a two-run shot that made it 10-3 and removed any remaining drama. Austin Riley's three-run homer in the eighth — 362 feet to right, scoring Dubón and Albies — pushed it to 13. Michael Harris II closed the scoring with a solo shot to right center at 386 feet, his second hit of the night and his third run scored. Harris II finished 3-for-5 with a homer, 2 RBI, and 3 runs — the story of the night was arguably him, though White's 4-RBI, 2-for-2 performance makes that argument competitive. Atlanta's pitching held up its end too: JR Ritchie threw 3 clean innings with 4 strikeouts, and Dylan Lee looked sharp with a perfect inning and 3 punchouts. The final was 14-3, and it wasn't that close.