NEW YORK — When the Braves scored two runs in the top of the ninth and Jason Heyward made a spectacular game-ending catch with two runners on base to seal a 2-1win against the Mets on Monday, it was the second time this season they beat them by that score after New York led 1-0 through eight innings.
The Elias Sports Bureau said that made the Braves the first major league team since 1977 to beat a team twice in one season in games in which they trailed, 1-0, going into the ninth.
Not only that, Dillon Gee was the Mets starting pitcher both times. On June 17, Freddie Freeman hit a two-run walkoff homer against Gee in a 2-1 win at Turner Field.
Upton update: B.J. Upton won't be ready to come off the disabled list when he's eligible this weekend, but the Braves center fielder doesn't think it will be too much longer.
He’s recovering from a strained adductor muscle near his left groin, and said it felt good when he ran Monday for the first time since the July 12 injury. Upton ran again in the outfield Tuesday and expected to hit balls off a tee later in the day, his first hitting of any kind since the injury.
“It definitely feels a lot better than last week,” he said. “Definitely making progress, and I don’t see it being too much longer.”
Once he’s cleared to begin playing perhaps by next week, Upton will go on what’s expected to be a brief minor league rehab assignment.
