New Mets OF Tyler Naquin homers twice in win over Braves

The win extended the Mets' lead in the NL East to 4 1/2 games over the Braves.

Carlos Carrasco (12-4) pitched six innings and allowed three runs on four hits, one walk and six strikeouts. Carrasco's streak of scoreless innings ended at 23 1/3 innings when the Braves scored in the fifth.

Edwin Diaz pitched the last two innings, striking out three, for his 24th save.

The losing pitcher was Kyle Wright (13-5), who pitched six innings and allowed six runs on seven hits, two walks, four strikeouts and a career-high four home runs. The loss ended Wright's six-game winning streak and handed him his first setback since June 18.

The Mets scored a run in the first on a single by Alonso and a run in the second on Naquin's solo homer.

New York took a 5-0 run by scoring three times in the third when Alonso and Vogelbach hit back-to-back homers. Alonso slammed a long two-run shot to left, his 29th, and Vogelbach swatted his 14th on a long fly to right.

The Braves cut the lead to 5-3 in the fifth inning. Michael Harris II drove in a run with a two-out single and came home on Ronald Acuna Jr.'s two-run homer, his ninth, to straightaway center field. It was Acuna's first home run since July 8.

Naquin went the other way with a solo shot, his ninth, to left-center field to up the lead to 6-3.

The Braves added a run in the seventh against reliever Adam Ottavino on an RBI single by Harris.

--Field Level Media