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Lindor leads Mets’ HR barrage in 7-3 win over Morton, Braves
By CHARLES ODUM plus innings. The three hom-
ATLANTA (AP) — Francis- ers allowed matched his
co Lindor led New York’s career high.
home-run barrage with a Escobar’s 10th homer car-
three-run shot, Chris Bassitt ried 426 feet above the
threw six strong innings and Chop House restaurant in
the Mets beat the Atlanta the right field stands, giving
Braves 7-3 on Wednesday. the Mets a 1-0 lead in the
The NL East-leading Mets second.
won two of three in the New York pushed the lead
series and lead the sec- to 4-0 in the third on Lindor’s
ond-place Braves by 2 1/2 three-run homer, his 16th,
games. also to right field. Lindor’s
Eduardo Escobar and Mark blast followed Morton’s
Canha also homered for walk to Tomás Nido and a
the Mets. single by Brandon Nimmo.
Eddie Rosario had three Canha opened the sixth
hits, including one of Atlan- by lining his seventh homer
ta’s three homers — all solo over the left field wall.
shots. The Braves had baserun-
Bassitt (7-6) improved to ners in each of Bassitt’s six
5-2 in eight road starts this New York Mets left fielder Mark Canha (19) hits a solo home run in the sixth inning of a baseball innings, but the right-hand-
season by allowing one run game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Atlanta. er had answers for every
on five hits with six strikeouts Associated Press challenge in the first five.
and two walks. The Braves had runners
Atlanta’s Charlie Morton (5- 4) gave up five runs on six hits, including three hom- ers, and three walks in five- on second and third with
two outs in the fourth, but
Adam Duvall’s grounder to
Lindor at shortstop ended
the threat.
Bassitt threw five scoreless
innings before Matt Olson
led off the sixth with his 15th
homer. Austin Riley added
his 25th homer off Drew
Smith in the eighth. Rosa-
rio led off the ninth with a
homer off Tommy Hunter.
Robinson Canó, making
his second start at second
base since he was ac-
quired by Atlanta for $1 in
a minor league deal with
San Diego, had one hit, a
seventh-inning single.
Morton allowed three hom-
ers for the third time in his
career and the first time
since April 14, 2010 with
Pittsburgh at San Francisco.
He walked at least three
batters for the ninth time
in 18 games started this
season.q
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