The Braves beat the Mets on Friday night to move into a tie for the NL East lead.
Riley and Olson became the first players to hit back-to-back homers off deGrom since Freddie Freeman and Josh Donaldson did it for the Braves on June 18, 2019. That game was also the last time deGrom allowed two homers in the same inning.
Swanson homered off deGrom after he had retired seven in a row to make it 3-1. Swanson's 23rd long ball went 441 feet into the left-field seats, touching off a frenzy from the crowd. Eddie Rosario's sacrifice fly and Orlando Arcia's RBI double off Tylor Megill in the seventh padded the lead to 5-1. Closer Kenley Jansen hit a batter, gave up a single and issued a walk that loaded the bases one out in the ninth, but struck out the last two batters for his NL-high 38th save in 45 chances.
"When another team scores, you want to be able to respond quickly and to be able to do it in that quick of an instant was huge and for it to be back-to-back homers like that was definitely a tone-setter for us as team," Swanson said."It provided a little energy and spark and got the crowd involved. When you do that, good things are bound to happen."
DeGrom was coming off his worst start in over three years — four innings, five earned runs — but was 10-8 with a 2.08 ERA in 27 career starts against the Braves. That is the fourth-best opponent's ERA in Braves franchise history.
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