The Mets beat the Braves on Thursday night to open a pivotal five-game series between the NL East rivals.
— Deadline acquisition Tyler Naquin homered twice in his home debut, Edwin Diaz locked down his first two-inning save as a pro and thebeat the Atlanta Braves 6-4 Thursday night to open a pivotal five-game series between the NL East rivals.
Carrasco retired the final four batters he faced — No. 2 hitter Dansby Swanson to end the fifth, followed by Matt Olson, Austin Riley and Eddie Rosario — to allow Mets manager Buck Showalter to arrange his bullpen so that Diaz could get the final six outs. Diaz entered in the eighth — though his trumpet-blaring warmup song,"Narco," didn't begin until he was already on the mound — and needed just 11 pitches to retire Swanson, Olson and Riley via a groundout and a pair of strikeouts.Rosario led off the ninth with a single and went to second on a wild pitch but was stranded there. Diaz fell behind Orlando Arcia 3-0 before getting him to hit a comebacker on a check swing.
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