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The Mets Made MLB's Best Team Look Ordinary. 🔵🟠

Freddy Peralta loaded the bases with one out. The Braves scored ONE run. Then Peralta settled in for five dominant innings. A.J. Ewing and Marcus Semien went back-to-back. The Mets walked away 8-1 winners over the best team in baseball.

By BaseChaser · June 14, 2026 · 4 min read

The Atlanta Braves walked into Citi Field on June 14 with the best record in baseball. 46 wins. 25 losses. 97.6% playoff odds. They had every reason to feel untouchable.

Then Freddy Peralta loaded the bases with one out in the 1st inning.

The Braves scored ONE run — a Dominic Smith sacrifice fly.

Then Peralta settled in. Five innings. One run. Four hits. The win.

The Back-to-Back That Broke It Open

A.J. Ewing stepped in with the Mets up 4-1 in the 5th inning and turned on a pitch for a two-run homer. Marcus Semien followed on the very next pitch — back-to-back homers on consecutive pitches. That made it 6-1 and Citi Field erupted.

Juan Soto added a two-run single in the 8th to put the cap on it. 8-1. Final.

5 IP, 1 R, 4 H
Freddy Peralta's line — after loading the bases with one out in the 1st, he held the Braves to one run across five innings and earned the win.
Back-to-Back
A.J. Ewing and Marcus Semien homered on consecutive pitches in the 5th inning — two rockets that turned a 4-1 game into a 6-1 laugher.
97.6%
The Atlanta Braves entered this game with MLB's best record at 46-25 and the highest playoff odds in baseball. Left Citi Field with a 46-26 record after the loss.
5.8%
Mets playoff odds entering the night. One of the biggest upsets of the season — the worst-odds team in baseball beating the best, 8-1.

The Final Line

A.J. Ewing: 3-for-5, 2 runs, 1 HR, 2 RBI. Marcus Semien: 1-for-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI. Juan Soto: 2-for-3, 2 RBI. The Mets did just enough behind one dominant pitcher performance.

For the Braves, the story was silence. After loading the bases with one out in the 1st, they managed just two singles for the rest of the game.

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