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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Mets 7, Atlanta 5
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2011
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Tim McClelland, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Ted Barrett
Attendance: 39862

Ruben Tejada’s bloop single drove home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as the visiting New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 in the rubber match of a three-game series Sunday.

The loss shrank the Braves' wild-card lead over San Francisco, a winner over Colorado, to four games.

The Mets struck twice against Atlanta reliever Jonny Venters (6-2), who walked Ronny Paulino with the bases loaded and then permitted Tejada to connect for an opposite-field hit that dropped in front of right fielder Jason Heyward.

Atlanta had grabbed a 5-4 edge in the seventh on a double by Freddie Freeman, who entered the game on a double-switch.

Tim Byrdak (2-0) gave up that hit, but earned the win when the Mets scored twice to regain the lead in the eighth. Manny Acosta earned his second save.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Atlanta
Dillon Gee Player Brandon Beachy
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.1 IP 4.1
4 Strikeouts 8
8 Hits 5
8.31 ERA 8.31
Hitting
NY Mets   Atlanta
Lucas Duda Player Jason Heyward
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 3
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 8 1 12 .242 11 10 7 8 1 1
Atlanta 12 1 17 .324 28 6 5 9 1 0