Game 1 at Fulton County Stadium
Mets 11 Braves 7
The Mets blow 5-0 and 7-2 leads but come back to get the win in a wild one.
The Mets jump all over Tom Glavine in the first inning, scoring three on an RBI single by Hubie Brooks and a 2 RBI single by the red hot George Foster. Mets add two more in the 4th as Kelvin Chapman draws a bases loaded walk and Keith Hernandez drives in a run on a ground ball error by 2B Treadway.
Mets starter Bruce Berenyi had another solid outing shutting the Braves out through five before he began to tire. Atlanta started chipping away at the lead when Treadway atoned for his error with a solo HR (3) off Berenyi, in the 5th. In the 6th, Atlanta cut the lead to 5-3 when Keith Mitchell and Otis Nixon singled in runs.
The Mets quickly got the lead back to 4, in the 7th, when George Foster hit a 2 run HR, his 5th of the year, to make it 7-3. Atlanta was not giving up however. In the bottom of the frame, lefty swinging David Justice slammed a 2 run HR off lefthander Tom Gorman(8) to make it 7-5. Francisco Cabrera singled in a run and then, with 2 out, Otis Nixon came through with a single to drive in the tying run as Gorman gave up 3 runs in a woeful relief performance.
Unfortunately for the Braves, their bullpen fared no better than the Mets as Mookie Wilson homered off Mike Stanton in the top of the 8th to break the tie, and Hubie Brooks doubled in a run to make it 9-7. The Mets added two insurance runs in the 9th when Wally Backman pinch hit a 2RBI triple.
Jesse Orosco, in the 8th, and Doug Sisk, in the 9th, shutout Atlanta to preserve the win for Gorman (1-1) who was credited with the win despite a Blown Save (2) and a lousy performance. Stanton (1-1) took the loss.
Mookie Wilson was 2-5 with a HR and 2 runs scored. Foster was 2-5 with a HR and 4 RBIs. Brooks was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBIs. For Atlanta, Otis Nixon was 3-5 with 2 RBIs.
Game 2 at Fulton County Stadium
Mets 5 Braves 4
Once again the Mets blow leads, this time of 2-0, 3-1 and 4-3 but once again they come back to get the win, in an exciting game. George Foster was the hero once again for the Mets as he drove in 2 runs and hit the game winning HR, a solo blast, in the 9th to break a 4-4 tie. It was his second HR in two days and his 6th of the season.
The Mets led 2-0 after two on RBI singles by Foster and Hernandez. With rookie sensation and KOD strikeout leader Dwight Gooden on the mound, things looked good for the Amazins. And Gooden did not disappoint pitching 7 solid innings. Leading 3-1 going into the 7th, Gooden began to tire and 84 Mets manager Raylesberg made the mistake of leaving him in rather than go to a bullpen that has not performed well in KOD. The move did not work as Otis Nixon again came through for the Braves with a 2 out 2RBI single to tie the game at 3-3 after 7.
In the 8th, with Doug Sisk on for the Braves (yes- he was on both the 84 Mets and the 91 BRaves
the Mets took the lead when PH John Christiansen drew a bases loaded walk.
In the bottom of the 8th, Atlanta tied it as once again Tom Gorman failed in relief. Jeff Blauser singled in the tying run off Orosco, after Gorman had put a man on. The teams went to the 9th tied and Foster put the Mets ahead with his blast off Braves reliever Kent Mercker (0-1). Jesse Orosco, who had blown the save, in the 8th (2) picked up the win (1-2) with a scoreless 9th.
Game 3 at Shea Stadium
Braves 4 Mets 2
After dropping 2 games at home, the Braves win the final game of the series on the road, at Shea Stadium. This time it was the Braves who took an early 2-0 lead on a 2 RBI double by Rafael Belliard, off Mets starter Ron Darling. And this time it was the Mets who came back to tie it in the 5th inning - on yet another clutch blast by George Foster - a 2 run HR (off Charlie Liebrandt) for his third HR in as many games and his 7th of the season.
The game remained tied until the 9th when Atlanta broke through against Doug Sisk, sending 8 men to the plate and scoring 2 runs before Orosco replaced Sisk to end the inning.
Juan Berenguer (2-2) pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings in relief for Atlanta to get the win. Sisk (1-1) took the loss.
The Mets and Braves are now each 12-12 as the KOD season continues. The Mets next play the 69 Dodgers while the Braves play the 57 Cardinals
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