How the game was won: Jace Peterson cracked a one-out double over Juan Lagares' head to score Andrelton Simmons and Pedro Ciriaco in the bottom of the eighth to give the Braves a 2-1 lead.
Matt Wisler outdueled Jacob deGrom in his major-league debut, allowing one run on six hits over eight innings and striking out two. He’s now 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA.
The Mets scored their only run in the sixth when Ruben Tejada hit a leadoff double off the left-field wall in the sixth, and Michael Cuddyer knocked him in two batters later with a chopper over Chris Johnson’s head.
Number: 88. The number of pitches Wisler needed to get through his eight innings.
What's next: It's the second of a three-game series tomorrow night against the Mets. Williams Perez (3-0, 2.29 ERA) will start for Atlanta and Noah Syndergaard (2-4, 3.76 ERA) will start for New York.
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