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Braves-Mets box score: 7 things to know

Chipper Jones was cheered before the Braves' spring training game against the Mets. AP file photo
Chipper Jones was cheered before the Braves' spring training game against the Mets. AP file photo
By Staff reports
March 26, 2016

The Braves tied the Mets 3-3 Saturday. Here are 7 things to know from the box score:

1. The Braves are 6-16, the worst record in baseball.

2. Chipper Jones was greeted with rousing applause when he delivered the lineup card to home plate before the game in Kissimmee, Fla.

3. Jace Peterson has nine RBIs this spring, tied for the team lead with Freddie Freeman.

4. Nick Markakis was 0-for-3 and is hitting .152.

5. Ender Inciarte went 1-for-2, scored a run, had an RBI and raised his average to .372.

6. Michael Bourn had a triple, the Braves' 12th this spring, which leads the Grapefruit League.

7. No. 2 starter Bud Norris allowed just four hits and two earned runs in six innings.

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