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The rubber match between the Braves and Mets are set after Atlanta took the second game of the series 11-6. There have 35 runs scored in the two game series so far, so will there be fireworks today? New York enters 2-12 over the last 14 games and 1-8 in the past nine compared to Atlanta who's 4-1 in the last five outings.

After a 12th defeat in 14 games, the Mets' lead on a playoff spot is down to a single game over the Cincinnati Reds.

Just when it looked like the Mets were finally able to produce runs, a six-run outburst over the first two innings was undone by yet another starting pitching implosion. David Peterson, the only starter in the rotation who can reliably go six innings every five days,