Mets take series opener against Braves behind long balls and Edwin Diaz

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The Mets kicked off their five-game series with their divisional rival Atlanta Braves with a convincing 6-4 win, powered by the long ball, a solid outing from Carlos Carrasco and an electric six-out save from Edwin Diaz. “They asked me,” Diaz said of the decision to keep him in the game after he retired the side in order in the eighth. “I said, ‘I feel great. I’m going out again. I wanna get ...

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