Braves 6, Mets 3
NEW YORK -- First baseman Freddie Freeman capped a brief but very productive night by hitting a tiebreaking, three-run homer with one out in the ninth inning Wednesday night, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 6-3 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field.
Freeman, who didn't start the game due to a sore right wrist, entered as a pinch hitter in the sixth and delivered a two-run double to give the Braves a 3-2 lead. He wound up with five RBIs, tying a career-high total that he reached four times previously.
The Braves (62-91) won the final two games of the three-game series and five of their past six.
The Mets (85-67) finished a nine-game homestand 3-6. They previously lost two of three to the Miami Marlins and New York Yankees. The Mets' lead in the National League East fell to six games pending the Washington Nationals' result against the Baltimore Orioles.
Mets right-hander Jeurys Familia (2-2) struck out second baseman Jace Peterson leading off the ninth before giving up a single to center fielder Cameron Maybin and walking left fielder Michael Bourn. Freeman followed with a blast into the left field seats.
Atlanta right-hander Edwin Jackson (4-3) got the final out of the eighth, and right-hander Arodys Vizcaino earned his seventh save with a one-hit ninth.
Bourn had an RBI single in the sixth, while Maybin finished with two hits and two runs.
For the Mets, second baseman Daniel Murphy hit a solo homer in the first inning, shortstop Ruben Tejada delivered an RBI single in the second, and third baseman David Wright hit a game-tying single in the seventh.
Tejada finished 3-for-3, while catcher Travis d'Arnaud had two hits.
Braves right-hander Williams Perez allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings.
Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon retired the first 14 batters he faced, but he ended up yielding two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out one over 6 1/3 innings. He needs one more win to become the third pitcher to record three consecutive 15-win seasons in his 40s.
NOTES: A moment of silence was held prior to the game in honor of Yogi Berra, who died Tuesday at 90 years old. While Berra is best-known for winning 10 World Series as a player with the Yankees, he finished his playing career with the Mets in 1965 and managed them to the 1973 World Series. ... Mets INF Juan Uribe (chest contusion) was out of the starting lineup for a third consecutive game. He singled as a pinch hitter.