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Fri May 5 201700:20Rainy night in Georgia postpones Braves-Mets
ATLANTA -- For the second time this season, a game between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves was postponed because of rain.Heavy rain in the area caused play to stop at 8:44 p.m. ET, with the Mets leading 3-1 with two outs in the fourth inning. The game was postponed after a delay of 1 hour, 59 minutes.The makeup date has not been determined. The Mets have two future series in Atlanta, one in June and another in September. They already have a double-header scheduled for Sept. 25 to make up the earlier rainout in New York.The Braves will open a three-game series on Friday against St. Louis. New York returns home to open a three-game set against Miami.The rainout caused both teams to burn a starting pitcher - Atlanta's Jaime Garcia and New York's Zack Wheeler.Atlanta will keep its starting rotation intact for the series against the Cardinals. Right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (0-3, 2.81 ERA) will open the series against St. Louis right-hander Lance Lynn (3-1, 2.45).New York will start right-hander Rafael Montero (0-2, 9.45), who was recalled to take the spot left open by the injury to Noah Syndergaard. He will be opposed by Miami's Tom Koehler (1-1, 5.40)."First day he was here, he had a huge reputation of great command," New York manager Terry Collins said about Montero's first start of the season. "He got behind in the count early and now he's got to come on the plate and that's what's damaging."If you didn't you walk guys and at this level you're asking for danger if you keep putting guys on. We know his stuff plays, we know his stuff is very good, so trust it ... throw it in the strike zone."Atlanta sent right-hander Matt Wisler to Triple-A Gwinnett after he was roughed up Wednesday. Wisler was 0-0 with a 12.60 ERA in four relief appearances since being recalled on April 23. Wisler will return to the starting rotation at Gwinnett."I still like him," Atlanta manager Brian Snitker said. "His stuff is too good. We're going to need him again before the year is over."The Braves recalled left-hander Sam Freeman from Triple-A. In nine relief appearances for Gwinnett, Freeman had a 0.87 ERA with eight strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings. He has worked in 142 major-league games in five seasons with St. Louis, Texas and Milwaukee."He's throwing the ball over," Snitker said. "He's had good velocity. He's been efficient. The reports every night have been really good. He's not necessarily a matchup guy, either."NOTES: The Mets have won 13 of their last 17 games in Atlanta. ... The Mets had nine doubles on Wednesday, one short of a franchise record. The record of 10 was set in 2001 at Montreal. ... New York outfielders have combined for 23 home runs, the second most in the majors behind the Yankees. ... With five RBIs on Wednesday, INF Jose Reyes moved into 10th place on the club's career RBI list with 457, one ahead of Kevin McReynolds. Keith Hernandez is ninth with 468. ... In its last eight games, Atlanta has scored 58 runs on 93 hits -- the most in the league during that span. ... Atlanta OF Nick Markakis needs one double to reach 400, which will make him the eighth active player to reach that plateau.