Braves and Mets Set for Rubber Match Tonight at Truist Park

Pérez blanks Mets in encouraging night for Braves' injury-riddled rotation

One week after being criticized for not adding a frontline starter before the Trade Deadline, the Braves are being asked whether there might soon be room for Reynaldo López and AJ Smith-Shawver in their starting rotation?

Game Thread: Mets vs Braves, 7:15 PM - Metsmerized

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 • 7:15 PM Truist Park • Atlanta, GA LHP Zac Thornton (3-2, 2.52) vs. RHP Tyler Mahle (3-9, 4.83) SNY The Mets will try again to win the series against the Braves. The Mets pitching was ready to go Tuesday night but the bats were not as the Mets lost 4-0 against the Braves. The Mets recorded only four hits and only had two at bats with runners in scoring position. If the Mets can win today it will lock in their third co…

Braves and Mets Set for Rubber Match Tonight at Truist Park

The Atlanta Braves and New York Mets settle their three-game series tonight at Truist Park, with the rubber match deciding who takes the series. Atlanta enters Wednesday night at 72-48 overall and 40-21 at home, while New York comes in at 53-68 overall and 28-34 on the road. The Mets took Monday night’s series opener before the Braves answered Tuesday with a 4-0 shutout victory. Martín Pérez tossed six scoreless innings, while Ozzie Albies and M…