(AP) – Brett Baty hit the first grand slam of his career and the New York Mets held off the Atlanta Braves 8-5 on Monday night for their sixth win in seven games.<\/p>\n
Francisco Lindor was 3 for 5 with a 420-foot home run, Jared Young had two hits and two RBIs, and Bo Bichette drove in a run and scored.<\/p>\n
Daniel Duarte (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, and Kodai Senga pitched a scoreless ninth for his first career save. Regular closer Devin Williams was placed on the 15-day injured list earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
Baty\u2019s grand slam came in the first inning off Bryce Elder (8-7), who was unable to follow up on his past three starts where he gave up just one run each game.<\/p>\n
Elder nearly escaped the first inning after allowing just one run. With one out and Bichette on first, the Braves thought they had a double play. On a 3-2 count to Carson Benge, Bichette was caught stealing. The pitch was called a ball, wiping out the caught stealing, but replays showed the ball was a strike and Elder tapped his hat for an ABS challenge. The challenge was not granted, keeping the inning alive, and Baty homered three batters later to give the Mets a 5-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Mauricio Dub\u00f3n had a two-run single in the first, Drake Baldwin was 2 for 5 with an RBI and Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. knocked in a run for the Braves, who had won nine straight home games. Michael Harris II scored from third on a wild pitch in the fifth to cut the lead to 7-5 before Young closed the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the ninth for the Mets.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Braves LHP Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez (7-6, 3.14) will be opposed by Mets RHP Nolan McLean (8-7, 3.51) in the second game of the three-game series Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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