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The rubber match between the Braves and Mets are set after Atlanta took the second game of the series 11-6. There have 35 runs scored in the two game series so far, so will there be fireworks today? New York enters 2-12 over the last 14 games and 1-8 in the past nine compared to Atlanta who's 4-1 in the last five outings.

The Mets have lost 13 of their last 15 games and their lead over the idle Cincinnati Reds in the race for the final wild-card spot shrunk to a half-game. Francisco Lindor hit a third-inning solo homer and Brandon Nimmo (sacrifice fly) and Pete Alonso (single) had back-to-back RBIs to give the Mets a 3-2 lead in the sixth.

Ozzie Albies homered, drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the eighth inning, and hit an RBI single as the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping New York Mets 4-3 on Thursday night. Bryce Elder (5-9) allowed three runs (two earned) over seven innings for the Braves,