Mets vs Braves (7/6/26) | Mets Highlights
Juan Soto blasted a three-run HR in the top of the ninth inning to give the Mets a 5-3 lead but Atlanta's Matt Olson answered back in the bottom of the ninth with his second homer of the game to tie it. In the 10th, Luis Torrens laced a two-run double to put the Mets back on top and this time they hung on for the 7-6 win.
Video Transcript
Benge flies one out to left center.
Back in the gap goes Dubn, with Harris near the wall.
It's out of here!
Carson Benge goes the other way for his 11th home run of the year to open the scoring.
Slider on the outside corner, went right with it.
Well, the ball appears to be carrying today.
That ball I didn't think was gonna get out.
That pop-up falls in, and that's gonna score a run.
That ball was in the air a long time, but Mauricio couldn't get there, Soto couldn't get there, Bichette was trying to retreat to get there, and it falls amongst them.
And Jim Jarvis has his first Major League RBI on a pop-fly single to tie the game.
And he pokes one the other way for a base hit, and that'll give the Braves the lead.
Harris is two for two, and it's two to one, Atlanta.
Olson cracks one to deep right field.
Forget that.
That's headed for the chop house and beyond.
Oh, boy.
Third home run of the series, 23rd of the year for Olson.
Three to one, Atlanta.
Reached on an error his first time, and he plunks one into shallow right.
That's gonna fall for a base hit.
Oh, no.
No, Benge with a beautiful- Wow diving catch.
Carson Benge takes a base hit away from Yastrzemski with a beautiful play.
We've seen him, Benge, do this more than a few times.
Well, that looked like a sure hit off the bat, and Benge just closed ground like a demon.
When that ball lands, that's trouble.
Well, the defense in the outfield with these two youngsters has just been improved enormously.
And he lines one toward the gap in left center.
Cutting across is Harris.
He won't get there.
It's up against the wall.
Bichette racing for third.
He's gonna be waved around by Tim Leper.
The relay throw to the plate by Jarvis on a hop, and Bichette is out at the plate.
Fantastic relay throw by the rookie, Jim Jarvis.
Perfectly on one hop to Baldwin, who got the tag down for the second out.
Mets would have at least one and maybe more.
Alvarez takes one the other way.
That's a base hit.
In to score is Benge.
Young will go first to third.
Francisco Alvarez with an RBI single.
The Mets fourth hit in the inning against Fuentes, and they've pulled within a run.
It's now three to two.
Three, one coming.
And a high-fly ball, deep right field, right down the line.
God, if it stays fair.
That ball is out of here!
Juan Soto gives the Mets the lead with a three-run homer off Raisel Iglesias in the top of the ninth.
A magic moment for Soto, his 19th home run of the year, and the Mets go in front five to three.
Down to their final out, Juan Soto delivers.
Now it's three and one to Olson.
And he whacks one out to left, chasing Soto back to the warning track.
It's out of here.
Matt Olson ties the game with a two-run homer.
His fourth home run of the series, his second of the night.
And after Soto gave the Mets an unlikely lead in the ninth, Olson erases it.
Oh, two coming from Murphy to Turrens.
And he lines one down the left field line.
Cutting over is Mateo, he can't get it.
It's up against the wall.
Bichette is in, Young being waved home.
The relay throw to the plate by Jarvis not in time.
It's a two-run double for Luis Torrens, and the Mets regain the lead, seven to five in the 10th.
Now he's got life with a challenge, and he rips one into right field for a base hit, and Weaver's scoreless streak is gonna come to an end.
As Zocar comes in to score, Harris has an RBI double, and the Braves pull within a one run.
It's now seven to six.
One and O to Dubn.
Fastball on the ground.
Mauricio's got it, and the ballgame is over.
Luke Weaver gives up an unearned run, but keeps his streak intact of not giving up an earned run.
And the Mets, on the strength of late heroics by Juan Soto and Luis Torrens, get a split of the four-game series in Atlanta, as again they hang on by the skin of their teeth to win a one-run game, seven-six in 10
