GAME INFORMATION Atlanta Braves Baseball Communications Department • Truist Park • Atlanta, GA 30339 404.522.7630 braves.com bravesmediacenter.com /braves @braves @braves ATLANTA BRAVES (37-40, 3rd NL East, -4.5 GB) Braves vs. Mets 2020 2021 All-Time vs. Overall 7-3 3-5 478-398-1 Atlanta Era (since ‘66) --- --- 425-374-1 NEW YORK METS (40-34, 1st NL East, +3.0 GA) at Atlanta 3-1 1-2 226-174 RH Charlie Morton (7-3, 3.68) vs. RH Tylor Megill (0-0, 4.15) at Truist Park --- --- 19-17 Game No. 78 • Home Game No. 41 at Turner Field (‘97-’16) --- --- 106-67 at New York 4-2 2-3 222-219-1 June 29, 2021 • 7:20 p.m. • Truist Park • Atlanta, GA • BSSO/MLBN at Citi Field (‘09) --- --- 64-48 Hardest Hit TONIGHT’S GAME: The Braves and Mets open a MORTON STREAKING: Charlie Morton has made OF Ronald Acuña Jr. hit his 21st home run three-game series tonight with the ninth of 19 games back-to-back scoreless starts, and has a scoreless streak of the season Sunday afternoon, driving between the two teams this season...Atlanta will travel of 14.2 innings entering tonight's turn...It is the sixth- a 3-1 pitch from Tyler Mahle out to to New York for five games at Citi Field, July 26-29, for longest active streak in baseball, and the second longest centerfield. the next meetings between the clubs and the Braves' last by a starter. The ball left the bat at 117.4 miles per hour, scheduled trip to New York. Only Houston's Jake Odorizzi has a longer streak and is the hardest-hit home run by any • Atlanta and New York just split a four-game set in by a starter, pitching 15.0 straight scoreless innings. Braves player since Statcast began tracking • data in 2015. Flushing last week, and the Braves and Mets are set CHI's Andrew Chafin (19.0), BOS's Josh Taylor to play seven times in 11 days. • Acuña Jr. has each of the four hardest-hit (18.1), TB's Collin McHugh (16.0) and MIL's Josh homers by a Braves player in that span Atlanta is 3-5 against New York this season... The Hader (16.0) have longer streaks in relief. (116.0, 115.9, 115.7), eight of the hardest • Braves dropped two-of-three to the Mets in the 10, and 14 of the hardest 18. Morton's career-long scoreless streak is a 24-inning club's first series at Truist Park, May 17-19, before • He is one of just three players in baseball losing in Flushing on May 29 and splitting the four run in 2011. this season with at least three homers of at games last week...New York has outscored Atlanta, Six Atlanta pitchers combined to hold least 115.0 mph, joining Shohei Ohtani and 35-20, in the eight games. SHUTOUTS: Giancarlo Stanton. Cincinnati to just two hits on Sunday afternoon, blanking the Reds, 4-0, and pitching the club's eighth shutout of • The Braves have won the season set with the Mets Braves Breakdown in each of the last three seasons and are 34-22 the season. against New York since the start of 2018, including Overall ................................... 37-40 Atlanta's eight shutouts are tied for the second most Home ..................................... 20-20 a 16-10 mark here at Truist Park....The Braves have • won 10 of the last 15 played here. in baseball...Only the Giants, who have thrown 11, Road ...................................... 17-20 have more. Day ........................................ 11-14 RHP Charlie Morton makes his second straight Night ..................................... 26-26 • Half of the Braves' eight shutouts have come in Current Streak ............................W1 start against New York and his 12th career • Last 5 Games .............................. 2-3 appearance, 11th start, versus the Mets...Morton Atlanta's last nine games, dating to Game 2 of a Last 10 Games ............................ 5-5 pitched 7.0 scoreless, one-hit innings just seven doubleheader on June 20 vs. St. Louis. April ....................................... 12-14 days ago in Flushing, beating the Mets, 3-0, to earn Atlanta's four shutouts in that span are more than May ........................................ 13-12 his 100th career win. • June ........................................ 12-14 double any other team in baseball...The Brewers, Vs. LHSP .................................... 8-9 RHP Tylor Megill made his major league debut last Giants and Cubs each have two. Vs. RHSP ............................... 29-31 • week versus Atlanta, his only career appearance... Braves pitchers have compiled a 2.79 ERA (22 Series Opener ......................... 10-15 Megill pitched 4.1 innings and allowed three hits • Series Opener at Home .............. 5-7 ER/71.0 IP) over their last nine games, allowing and two runs, June 23, in the Mets' 7-3 win over Series Opener on Road .............. 5-8 opponents to bat just .210. By Series ............................. 10-10-5 Atlanta...Since 1901 five pitchers have started By Home Series.......................6-5-1 against the Braves in each of their first two career RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION: Despite By Road Series ........................4-5-4 games, with Florida's Jason Grilli being the last two Sunday's win, Atlanta went just 1-for-5 with runners in Rubber Games ........................... 4-2 do so...Grilli made his debut with a single start in scoring position...The Braves are 8-for-57 (.140) in such Sweeps/Were Swept ................... 1-5 2000 versus Atlanta, before facing the Braves in his Scored First ............................ 25-15 first start in 2001. situations over their last 10 games. Opponent Scored First ............ 12-25 1-run games ........................... 11-11 The Braves blanked Cincinnati, 4-0, • Atlanta's .140 average in these situations since June 1 or 2 run games ..................... 18-22 THREE RUNS: 20 is worst in baseball...For reference, Toronto leads Comeback Wins ..................... 14-18 on Sunday afternoon...The outing snapped a streak of the majors with a .371 (26-for-70) mark. Last AB Wins ............................ 4-13 nine consecutive games in which team scored three Walkoff Wins .............................. 3-5 For the season, the Braves have a .766 OPS with runs or less. • Extra Innings .............................. 1-7 runners in scoring position, the 11th-best mark in Led After 6 ............................... 33-7 Atlanta went 4-5 during the nine games, thanks • baseball. Led After 7 ............................... 30-5 in part to pitching three shutouts, but are just Led After 8 ............................... 31-1 Over the club's last 128 plate appearances with a 7-25 (.219) when scoring three or fewer runs this • Tied After 6 ................................ 2-6 season. runner on at least third base, the Braves are hitting Tied After 7 .............................. 0-10 .184 (19-for-103) with a .572 OPS and 32 strikeouts Tied After 8 ................................ 1-9 The streak was the longest of its kind since 2015, • and eight sacrifice flies. Behind After 6 .......................... 2-27 when Atlanta went 10 consecutive games with Behind After 7 .......................... 3-22 Behind After 8 .......................... 1-26 three runs or less from July 22-August 1...The FREDDIE APPROACHING 900: Freddie Freeman Division Games ...................... 17-20 Braves scored 18 total runs in this span. drove in the 900th run of his career Friday night, Vs. Other Divisions ................. 20-20 doubling home Ronald Acuña Jr. in the fifth inning... The Braves had 25 hard outs (outs hit over 95 mph Vs. A.L. Teams ........................... 2-10 • Freeman is also three away from 900 runs scored...Since Vs. N.L. Teams ........................ 35-30 with a launch angle greater than 3 degrees and less Vs. A.L. East .............................. 2-10 than 45 degrees) over the stretch, the most in the RBI became an official statistic in 1920, just five Braves Vs. N.L. East ........................... 17-20 major leagues...For reference, in the same stretch, have scored 900 and driven in 900 for the club. Vs. N.L. Central ........................ 15-7 the White Sox and Mariners had the fewest with Hank Aaron (2,107 runs/2,202 RBI), Chipper Vs. N.L. West .............................. 3-3 seven. • Hit 0 HR ................................. 5-13 Jones (1,619/1,623), Andruw Jones (1,045/1,117), Hit 1+ HR ............................. 32-27 The Braves also had an average exit velocity of Eddie Mathews (1,452, 1,388) and Dale Murphy • Hit 2+ HR ............................. 20-12 90.5 mph in this span, which was tied for the (1,103/1,143) are the others. Scored 3 or Fewer Runs ........... 7-25 Scored 4 or More Runs .......... 30-15 highest in the majors with the Dodgers. Scored 5 or More Runs .......... 26-12 Allowed 3 or Fewer Runs ......... 26-5 Upcoming Schedule and Probable Pitchers Allowed 4 or More Runs ........ 11-35 DATE OPP. PROBABLE PITCHERS TV TIME Allowed 5 or More Runs .......... 5-27 Wed., June 30 NYM LH Max Fried (4-4, 4.21) vs. LH David Peterson (2-5, 4.95) BSSO/MLBN 7:20 More Hits than Opponent ........ 25-8 Thurs., July 1 NYM RH Ian Anderson (5-4, 3.42) vs. RH Jacob deGrom (7-2, 0.69) BSSO 7:20 Fewer Hits than Opponent ....... 7-31 Committed No Errors ............ 22-23 All times listed are Eastern; All games broadcast on 680 The Fan and the Braves Radio Network Committed 1 or More Errors.. 15-17 Starter Goes at least 5 inn ........ 34-19 BSSE-Bally’s Sports Southeast; BSSO-Bally’s Sports South Starter Goes at least 6 inn ........ 20-13 Starter Goes at least 7 inn ............ 7-1 Tonight’s Starting Pitcher Morton’sGarcía’sWisler’s Game Game Log Log DATE OPP. DECISION IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Spring Totals (3) 0-0, 0.00 ERA 10.1 8 1 0 4 9 1 -- #50 Charlie Morton 4/3 at PHI L (0-1), 4-0 5.0 6 4 4 2 5 0 76 4/9 vs.