Mets vs. Braves Game Highlights (6_18_25) _ MLB Highlights

Lindor Marte and Soto do up with a match here on the top of the first inning and Chris Sayle putting his crosshairs on the Mets for the first time this season and Sayle puts away Lindor on another slider. Great start a strikeout for the lefty. Not quite the location he was looking for but definitely the result he wanted one out top of the first the one to break him all chop weekly towards short Allen charges gloves throws on the run safe at first. Marte is on base with what should be an infield hit. So Soto homered his first time up last night to give the Mets an early lead waiting on the one to pitch on the way softly tap back to the mound that's club by Sayle throws over to first base calmly gets the out one to awkward off the end of the bat. Sayle will flip Olsen covers and Sayle gets out of it. Marte stranded at second back in Atlanta we go to the bottom of the first inning. It is Paul Blackburn day for the New York Mets. He'll face the Braves tonight just the fourth outing of the year and the second start for a right hander Paul Blackburn in a Mets uniform facing Ronald Acuna Junior first pitch on the way from Blackburn swung on and drilled deep center field Taylor going back all aboard that thing's leaving town a home run by Acuna and it's one nothing Braves. I just don't understand why anybody throws anything near the strikes on the first pitch of the game. I guess I just don't get it watched. Granted that was kind of a cement mixer. Yeah I don't think he meant to do that but yeah and Verdugo follows with a single to right field. You've heard it guys hitting is contagious and he ends up walking Riley and now a first inning mound visit from pitching coach Jeremy Hefner bouncing ball right side Alonzo to his right dives to his knees throws to first Blackburn's there for the out runners move up to second and third and made the good throw to the Blackburn one two two to Ozuna in the dirt bouncing away from Torrance. Oh catcher used his mask to stop the ball. That's a catcher's ball. Wow. And produces a run. Sure did. When's the last time he saw a catcher's ball. I don't remember. He knows better too but the ball was kind of rolling up the first baseline took his mask off held it in his right hand and stopped the ball to rake it back to his glove. That makes it to nothing Braves and the two to that's lifted towards deep center Tyrone Taylor is under it now. Taylor makes the squeeze tagging from third base Riley. Here he comes. Here's the third of the plate feet first slide and Austin's in there and it's three nothing Braves on the sack fly by Marcelo Zuniga. So Nemo is on with the second Mets base runner of the night and bring up Tyrone Taylor who had a really great game yesterday out the left field Verdugo toward the line and he gets there. Nice sliding grab by Alex Verdugo right on the chalk keeps going away from you while you're running but he timed this one up perfect perfect right before he got to the wall. This pitcher appreciates it two down now Nemo still at first and Jeff McNeil the hitter to the McNeil and he'll hit one in the air to center field Michael Harris in line with it and he'll backpedal a few steps make the catch and there's out number three. So a lead off walk does no harm to Chris Sayle we go to the bottom of the second inning three nothing Braves as he always leads it off with the Braves in the bottom of the second it'll be seven eight and nine in the Braves order again the O2 pitch to Albies and he's going to drive one down the right field line over a leaping Pete Alonzo Ozzie has two bags on his mind that rattles the corner as he's got three bags on his mind Helmut flies off darting the third beat first line and he's in there a lead off triple by Ozzie as he just whistled run right over the head of Pete Alonzo three and two to Nick Allen with Albies a third and one out and he lines it and it is short hopped or caught caught by McNeil for the second out. What a play. That was a heck of a bat by Allen there and boy he comes up empty to one to out two and two on Verdugo the pitch bouncing ball right side Alonzo has it stops runs back to first in time to win the inning the Braves who had a triple to lead off the inning do not score one two and Mauricio is history when lunging for a slider missed every stitch of that thing and took a little off that slider and had him way out in front and one down here on the top of the third inning back to the top of the order to Francisco Lindor one from sale hot shot out to short going to the ground to back and Allen up on his feet fires over what a play by Nick Allen going into the hole to his right slid to it in shallow left field and by the time he popped up he had a long throw to make and he was able to bounce it over there perfectly to retire Lindor talking about the Braves starters you go back to May 1st all these numbers are top three in the National League so he R.A. opponents average strikeout to walk ratio and opponent slug a lot to like for Atlanta sales one to pitch and he got him slider low and in and he went lunging over the top of it third strikeout of the game for Chris sale one down here in the fourth inning anytime Ozzie is out there running out from under his helmet and then goes bouncing across the infield and he's flying around the infield Ozzie deep to right here is that going to go off the wall Ozzie to second might have a play he's safe how about Ozzie a triple in the second now a double in the fourth. He got a couple of hundred percent and Ozzie all these advances to third base. So now Nick Allen gets the opportunity that he had back in the second inning. But if he's going to come through he's going to have to do it against a different pitcher that would know where near it gets behind Terence Ozzie is safe at the plate and Atlanta adds on in the fourth. What Terence having a really rough night behind the plate. I what is going on. Lorenzo's quality defender. That's two that got by him to out Neal still at first and Lindor the batter so a chitter batting right handed Chris sale with a payoff pitch and he paints the outside corner Lindor frozen pizza to end the top of the fifth batting against Chris sale who has held the Mets to just three hits and one walk tonight he has struck out four to Soto here it is swung on lifted in the air to left field but not very deep for Dugo has it slice on him a little bit so he comes over near the line to make the catch two out a swing and a miss on the slider Alonzo is down five strikeouts for Chris sale. Chris has me feeling pretty good. Like I mentioned just 80 pitches and he goes to work here versus Nemo left on left again the three two got him two swinging fastball ninety four and he rings up Nemo for his sixth strikeout McNeil bounces it to Ozzie and sale has cruised through seven. Now he's sailed through seven. How about that. There we go. What you did. Been waiting to yourself up on that one. Here's Matt Olson Olson's one for three grounded out flight out and singled three to pitch and Olson hits one a mile high to right field a skyscraper to the chop house and out of here. What an at bat by Matt Olson and he finally got one he could barrel and he just taught that thing on a fly make it five nothing Braves. He spoiled so many good pitches there and every time you do that the momentum swings in your favor and he kind of pitch he could hit and foul to roll into the top of the eighth inning and still Chris sale on the mound. He's at ninety four pitches in the air to right pretty deep but not deep enough. Acuna is there he's got it. Chris sale eight scoreless tonight against the New York Mets and in between innings Brian Snicker went over and talked to him but didn't shake his hand. Chris Chris sale might be back out there. And tonight another gem and chance to throw a complete game shutout. He has not had a complete game since twenty nineteen. A diving sale from a knee throws over at some hocus pocus magic by sale an amazing defensive play for out number one. Ozzie was charging from second and coming off the bat. It seemed like a foregone conclusion is Ozzie or no one want to. Swing and a miss on a fastball and two down here in the ninth. That's his seventh strikeout in the game. And Chris sale is one out away from a shutout tonight against the Mets. Braves have a five nothing lead and here is Brandon Nemo the last best hope. Nemo loops one to shallow left that's going to fall the base hit. So Nemo dunks one in the shallow left and now Brian Snicker makes a step up onto the top of the dugout and now onto the field. Listen to this applause for the marvelous lefty Chris sale. He was absolutely terrific tonight. Eight and two third shutout innings and he gets high fives and hugs from everybody in the Braves dugout. Ground ball Ozzie's there. Braves win it's a shutout a victory over the Mets five nothing the final score on a night where Chris sale led the parade. What a magnificent night for Chris and the Braves as they take this series and they will go for a sweep tomorrow.