Normally, the Mets wait until later in the year to have the Braves derail their season. But Atlanta continued to do a number on its free-falling rivals Tuesday, as the Mets blew a three-run lead and lost 7-4.

Juan Soto homered twice and the New York Mets finally got some production from the bottom of the lineup, beating the Atlanta Braves 7-3 for their first victory over their NL East rivals in six meetings this season.

The New York Mets visit the Baltimore Orioles Thursday for the first game of a doubleheader and the second game of a 3-game series.

The Mets began the second half of their 162-game schedule Thursday night, and they did so by once again picking each other up in the face of injury.

The Braves have long tormented New York, although the Mets had signaled that maybe times were going to change with a dramatic win at Atlanta to clinch a playoff berth late last season. New York took control of the division for the first two-plus months of the season while the Braves tried to climb out of a hole that was dug with an 0-7 start.

Michael Harris II has been in an extended slump for the Atlanta Braves. It is time to take a page out of the New York Mets' developmental playbook?

Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jake Mintz and senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman break down the woes that both the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves are experiencing right now, but say that the Braves have enough talent to stay relevant.

Pete Alonso had three hits and an RBI and the New York Mets overcame the loss of starting pitcher Griffin Canning to injury in the third inning Thursday night for a 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves and a split of the four-game series.

New York Mets starting pitcher Griffin Canning left his start against the Atlanta Braves with an apparent leg injury.

Matt Olson’s bases-clearing double in the sixth inning broke it open for the Braves and gave Atlanta a three-game sweep of the first-place Mets with a 7-1 win Thursday at Truist Park.

The last thing the Mets needed was another injury to a starting pitcher, so when Griffin Canning came off the mound, grabbing his left ankle in the third inning.

If this is Juan Soto’s way of showing his displeasure at missing out on the All-Star Game, he’s making a rather compelling case. In his first game since learning of that he won't be playing in the Midsummer Classic,