Braves Detonate Four-Homer Seventh to Bury Mets, 6-3
Atlanta turned a one-run deficit into a four-run cushion in a single inning, detonating four home runs in the seventh to put New York away. The Mets had clawed back to within one, but the Braves answered with a barrage that made the final score, 6-3, feel inevitable.
Lane Thomas set the tone early, launching a 412-foot shot to left in the second inning that swung Atlanta's win probability from 64% to 74% — the single biggest momentum shift of the night. The Braves kept building from there: a double play in the third scored another run, and by the fifth, Austin Riley had crossed the plate on an Acuña Jr. single to push Atlanta to 3-0. New York had been completely shut out through five innings against a Tyler Mahle who looked locked in — 6.0 innings, 4 hits, 1 earned run, zero walks, and 7 strikeouts. That is a dominant outing by any measure.
The Mets briefly made it interesting. Luis Torrens homered to right center (375 feet) in the sixth to get New York on the board, and Luis Robert Jr. followed with a 399-foot shot to left in the seventh to cut the deficit to one. For a moment, it looked like Zac Thornton's rough night — 6.0 IP, 7 hits, 3 earned runs — might not matter. Then the seventh inning happened. Mike Yastrzemski went deep to right center (368 feet), Riley crushed one 438 feet to left center, and a Baldwin single scored Acuña Jr. to cap a four-run frame. Atlanta went from trailing 2-3 to leading 6-2 in the span of a few at-bats. The story of the night was that seventh inning — it was a complete demolition.
Bo Bichette hit a consolation shot to center (405 feet) in the ninth to make it 6-3, but the outcome was never in doubt by then. Riley finished 3-for-4 with a home run, an RBI, and two runs scored — the best individual line of the game. Yastrzemski was efficient at 2-for-2 with his own homer. On the New York side, the Mets got three solo home runs from three different players, which looks like a team that can hit but couldn't string anything together against Mahle when it mattered. Atlanta's pitching held, the lineup delivered in bunches, and the Braves walked away with a comfortable 6-3 win.