Looking to even the series against the Mets, the Braves had Cal Quantrill on the mound against Clay Holmes, in a pretty unimpressive pitching matchup.
Quantrill did not inspire much confidence in a scoreless first, with a walk, a single, and a hard-hit ball for the third out. Holmes had no such issue in a 1-2-3 first for New York. After a quiet second from both offenses, Quantrill blinked first in the third, with a single, a walk, and a two-out three-run homer to Jeff McNeil. He only recorded the third out after another single and walk, as the Mets now held a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Nacho was the Braves’ first baserunner with a double in the third, but didn’t come around to score.
Consecutive walks to Olson and Acuna set up some danger for Atlanta in the fourth. Michael Harris grou