The Atlanta Braves faced off against the New York Mets yesterday at Citi Field with the Braves securing the victory 5 to 2. It was a great baseball game that fans with Braves tickets will remember for quite some time. There’s not much better than a baseball game so get your MLB tickets before its too late.
Braves pitcher Tim Hudson (3.56 ERA) got the win, while Mike Pelfrey (5.08 ERA) took the loss for the Mets. Tim Hudson went 6 innings for the Braves, allowed 9 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Braves was Peter Moylan (2.78), Eric O’Flaherty (3.06), and Mike Gonzalez (2.56). The Mets’s starter Mike Pelfrey went 6 innings, allowed 9 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Ken Takahashi (3.00), Elmer Dessens (2.78), Pedro Feliciano (2.98), and Bobby Parnell (5.46) also pitched for the Mets. With the win, Hudson’s record goes to 2-1, while Pelfrey drops to 10-12. Rafael Soriano earned the save for the Braves, bringing his saves up to 26.
In addition to the 5 runs, the Braves put up 11 hits and committed one error. Adam LaRoche led the Braves in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Garret Anderson’s 2 hits, and Matt Diaz with 2. The Mets didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Daniel Murphy could not get much going at the plate as he left 7 runners on base. The Mets got 2 runs, 11 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Dana DeMuth, Doug Eddings, Brian Knight and Hunter Wendelstedt. There were 38,266 Mets ticket holders in attendance at Citi Field.
The win puts the Braves at a record of 82-70, (6.5 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Mets to 65-88, (24 games behind the division leader). Next up for the Braves are the Florida Marlins (82-71) at the Braves’s Turner Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Florida Marlins tickets because that game should be a good one. The Mets will next take on the Florida Marlins (82-71) at Dolphin Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Florida Marlins tickets today and get in on the action.
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