The Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves by a score of 9 to 4 tonight.
Win- Oliver Perez (3-3)
Loss- Derek Lowe (12-8)
Full boxscore and recap available here, courtesy of MLB.com.
Game Notes
-Holy run support, Batman
-Mets scored 8 runs in a 29 minute 4th inning on a single-inning franchise record 10 hits.
-Oliver Perez gave up 4 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings of work (including home runs by Matt Diaz and Adam LaRoche), but got the win.
-Derek Lowe was rolling through the Mets lineup, but with one out in the 4th, he took a line drive to the hand. That line drive clearly messed him up, as he ended up surrendering 8 runs that inning before his early exit.
-Braves starting first baseman Martin Prado, who had been experiencing sporadic headaches recently, left the game after his at-bat in the first due to the aforementioned headaches. He was replaced by Adam LaRoche, who homered in the game.
-Luis Castillo, Gary Sheffield, and Jeff Francoeur all went 3-for-5 in tonight's game.
-Former Met Ryan Church went 0-for-4 tonight.
-Daniel "The Wrench" Murphy went 1-for-4, and recorded 2 outs in the lengthy 4th inning.
Mets Players of the Game: Everyone except Daniel Murphy
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