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Atlanta Braves 2 – 3 New York Mets

MLB · July 29, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The New York Mets edged the Atlanta Braves three to two this afternoon, and it was a game that turned on a single swing and then one more punch the Braves simply couldn't answer.

New York drew first blood in the fifth, and they did it with efficiency — Alvarez doubled to left to bring Taylor home, and then A.J. Ewing followed it up with a sacrifice fly to center that scored Baty and suddenly the Mets were up two to nothing. Atlanta looked like they were going to let this one slip away quietly.

But Matt Olson had other ideas. In the sixth, with Baldwin aboard, Olson unloaded a four hundred and two foot shot to dead center that tied this game at two and brought Truist Park back to life. Olson went one for four on the day but that one hit was enormous, two runs, one swing, game tied.

The problem for Atlanta is the Mets answered right back. In the seventh, Benge doubled to right, Ewing scored, Lindor held at third, and just like that New York was back in front three to two. Benge finished two for four and was a thorn in Atlanta's side all afternoon. Ewing scored a run and drove one in — quietly one of the better performances on the field today.

The Braves couldn't recover. Acuna went zero for three, Albies was held hitless, and the offense had nothing left after Olson's blast.

New York wins it, three to two, on the road. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. Alvarez doubled to left, Taylor scored, Baty to third. P5 · 0–1
  2. Ewing hit sacrifice fly to center, Baty scored. P5 · 0–2
  3. Olson homered to center (402 feet), Baldwin scored. P6 · 2–2
  4. Benge doubled to right, Ewing scored, Lindor to third. P7 · 2–3

Complete Play-by-Play

Show all 542 plays
Top of the 1st inning P1
Sean Manaea pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P1
Acuña Jr. walked. P1
P1
Sean Manaea pitches to Drake Baldwin P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Baldwin grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Acuña Jr. out at second. P1
P1
Sean Manaea pitches to Matt Olson P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Olson struck out swinging. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to A.J. Ewing P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Ewing safe at first on fielding error by third baseman Riley. P1
P1
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Francisco Lindor P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Lindor flied out to center. P1
P1
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Bo Bichette P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Ewing stole second. P1
Ewing stole second. P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1
Bichette lined out to left. P1
P1
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Carson Benge P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Benge grounded out to second. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Sean Manaea pitches to Ozzie Albies P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Albies grounded out to third. P2
P2
Sean Manaea pitches to Michael Harris II P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P2
Harris II walked. P2
P2
Sean Manaea pitches to Mauricio Dubon P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Harris II to second on pickoff error by pitcher Manaea. P2
Harris II to second on pickoff error by pitcher Manaea. P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Dubón grounded out to first, Harris II to third. P2
P2
Sean Manaea pitches to Austin Riley P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Riley struck out swinging. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Jared Young P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P2
Young walked. P2
P2
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Jorge Polanco P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P2
Polanco struck out looking. P2
P2
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Tyrone Taylor P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Taylor struck out swinging. P2
P2
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Brett Baty P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Baty flied out to center. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Sean Manaea pitches to Eli White P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P3
White singled to left. P3
P3
Sean Manaea pitches to Joey Bart P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Bart singled to left, White to second. P3
P3
Sean Manaea pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Acuña Jr. flied out to right. P3
P3
Sean Manaea pitches to Drake Baldwin P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Baldwin grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Bart out at second. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Francisco Alvarez P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P3
Alvarez struck out looking. P3
P3
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to A.J. Ewing P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Ewing singled to center. P3
P3
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Francisco Lindor P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Ewing stole second. P3
Ewing stole second. P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P3
Lindor flied out to center. P3
P3
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Bo Bichette P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Bichette grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Sean Manaea pitches to Matt Olson P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P4
Olson struck out looking. P4
P4
Sean Manaea pitches to Ozzie Albies P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Albies flied out to center. P4
P4
Sean Manaea pitches to Michael Harris II P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P4
Harris II flied out to right. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Carson Benge P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Benge singled to center. P4
P4
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Jared Young P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Young flied out to center. P4
P4
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Jorge Polanco P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4
Polanco struck out swinging. P4
P4
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Tyrone Taylor P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Benge caught stealing second, catcher to second. P4
Benge caught stealing second, catcher to second. P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Sean Manaea pitches to Mauricio Dubon P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 9 : Ball In Play P5
Dubón grounded out to third. P5
P5
Sean Manaea pitches to Austin Riley P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Riley struck out swinging. P5
P5
Sean Manaea pitches to Eli White P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5
White reached on infield single to shortstop. P5
P5
Sean Manaea pitches to Joey Bart P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Bart hit by pitch, White to second. P5
P5
Sean Manaea pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Acuña Jr. lined out to left. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Tyrone Taylor P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P5
Taylor walked. P5
P5
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Brett Baty P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Baty singled to right, Taylor to third. P5
P5
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to Francisco Alvarez P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Alvarez doubled to left, Taylor scored, Baty to third. P5
P5
AJ Smith-Shawver pitches to A.J. Ewing P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Ewing hit sacrifice fly to center, Baty scored. P5
P5
Fuentes relieved Smith-Shawver P5
Didier Fuentes pitches to Francisco Lindor P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P5
Lindor walked. P5
P5
Didier Fuentes pitches to Bo Bichette P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Bichette fouled out to first. P5
P5
Didier Fuentes pitches to Carson Benge P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Benge struck out swinging. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Sean Manaea pitches to Drake Baldwin P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Baldwin doubled to left. P6
P6
Sean Manaea pitches to Matt Olson P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Olson homered to center (402 feet), Baldwin scored. P6
P6
Sean Manaea pitches to Ozzie Albies P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Albies flied out to right. P6
P6
Sean Manaea pitches to Michael Harris II P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Harris II grounded out to shortstop. P6
P6
Sean Manaea pitches to Mauricio Dubon P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Dubón flied out to left. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Mederos relieved Fuentes P6
Victor Mederos pitches to Jared Young P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Young singled to center. P6
P6
Victor Mederos pitches to Jorge Polanco P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
P6
Polanco hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Young to second. P6
P6
Victor Mederos pitches to Tyrone Taylor P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Taylor struck out swinging. P6
P6
Semien hit for Baty P6
Dodd relieved Mederos P6
Dylan Dodd pitches to Marcus Semien P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Semien struck out swinging. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Semien at second base. P7
Brazobán relieved Manaea P7
Huascar Brazoban pitches to Austin Riley P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Riley popped out to first. P7
P7
Yastrzemski hit for White P7
Huascar Brazoban pitches to Mike Yastrzemski P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P7
Yastrzemski popped out to second. P7
P7
Huascar Brazoban pitches to Joey Bart P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Bart popped out to second. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Yastrzemski in left field. P7
Dylan Dodd pitches to Francisco Alvarez P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Alvarez struck out swinging. P7
P7
Dylan Dodd pitches to A.J. Ewing P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P7
Ewing walked. P7
P7
Dylan Dodd pitches to Francisco Lindor P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 8 : Ball 4 P7
Lindor walked, Ewing to second. P7
P7
Dylan Dodd pitches to Bo Bichette P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Bichette lined out to right, Ewing to third. P7
P7
Dylan Dodd pitches to Carson Benge P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Benge doubled to right, Ewing scored, Lindor to third. P7
P7
Dylan Dodd pitches to Jared Young P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Young hit by pitch. P7
P7
Young relieved Dodd P7
Danny Young pitches to Jorge Polanco P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P7
Polanco struck out looking. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Weaver relieved Brazobán P8
Luke Weaver pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Acuña Jr. struck out swinging. P8
P8
Luke Weaver pitches to Drake Baldwin P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Baldwin singled to right. P8
P8
Luke Weaver pitches to Matt Olson P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P8
Olson grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Baldwin out at second. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Kinley relieved Young P8
Tyler Kinley pitches to Tyrone Taylor P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Taylor flied out to center. P8
P8
Tyler Kinley pitches to Marcus Semien P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Semien lined out to left. P8
P8
Tyler Kinley pitches to Francisco Alvarez P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P8
Alvarez grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Williams relieved Weaver P9
Devin Williams pitches to Ozzie Albies P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Albies popped out to second. P9
P9
Devin Williams pitches to Michael Harris II P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Harris II flied out to left. P9
P9
Devin Williams pitches to Mauricio Dubon P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P9
Dubón singled to center. P9
P9
Mateo ran for Dubón P9
Devin Williams pitches to Austin Riley P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P9
Mateo stole second. P9
Mateo stole second. Atlanta Braves challenged: call on the field was overturned. P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Riley struck out swinging. P9
P9