The streak is snapped at seven.
The Atlanta Braves (16-16) beat the New York Mets (17-14) by a score of 8-3.
Johan Santana was good, not great. Of the starts Mets fans expect out of Santana, this was not one of them. Over 6 1-3 innings, Santana scattered seven hits. Two runs scored against him, both unearned. He walked one and struck out six.
Bobby Parnell, Pedro Feliciano and Brian Stokes combined to finish out the seventh inning. Four runs came across, all were unearned. A Jose Reyes error cost the Mets the third out of the inning, allowing the Braves to stay alive in the inning. Stokes and Ken Takahashi each allowed runs, ruining their 0.00 ERA.
The story of the night was Derek Lowe, who held the Mets in check over 6 2-3 innings. Omir Santos drove in two, one on a sac-fly in the 5th and another on a single in the 9th. Fernando Tatis drove in one in the bottom of the 7th on a ground ball.
Sloppy game from the Mets that gets magnified because A) it’s against the Braves and B) because they were coming in with a seven game winning streak.