On the Mets beat

Good evening Mets fans. Mike Pelfrey (11-9, 3.91 ERA) will be on the mound as the Mets (69-57) play the middle game against the Atlanta Braves (56-70). Pelfey is coming off a stellar performance after scattering seven hits without walking a batter in seven scoreless innings against the Pirates on Friday. For the Braves, Jair Jurrjens (11-8, 3.15) will be on the hill.

Marc here, taking you through tonight’s action.

Stat of the day: Braves catcher Brian McCann is 6-for-11 with four doubles against Pelfrey.

Top 1st: 1-2-3 inning for Pelfrey, who fanned Mets killer Chipper Jones to end the inning.

Bottom 1st: Big inning for the Mets! Not only did Braves starter Jair Jurrjens struggle, but his defense let him down too. With one out, Argenis Reyes battled back from an 0-2 count, singled up the middle and stole second. Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran walked to load the bases with two outs and Daniel Murphy followed with a clutch two-run single. Fernando Tatis hit one to Jones, whose throw bounced past the first baseman as two more runs came in. Brian Schneider then reached on an error by Escobar, whose throw was high, and Pelfrey helped his cause with a run-scoring single. Mets 5, Braves 0.

Top 2nd: It was another 1-2-3 inning for Pelfrey, who was aided by a nice catch by Wright in foul territory.

Bottom 2nd: Mets go down in order.

Top 3rd: With Omar in the booth, Pelfrey issued a leadoff single to Francoeur and a run-scoring base hit to Blanco two batters later. Mets 5, Braves 1.

Bottom 3rd: Tatis smacked a two-out single, but that’s it for the Mets. Beltran, Murphy and Schneider hit ground balls.

Top 4th: Big Pelf walked Mark Kotsay with two outs before getting Greg Norton to fly out. Argenis made a nice diving catch to get McCann out at first for the second out.

Bottom 4th: Not much for the Mets this inning as Pelfrey, Jose Reyes and Argenis Reyes get nothing.

Top 5th: The bottom of the Braves lineup is retired in order. So far, so good for Pelfrey. Let’s see if he can keep this up and give the Mets bullpen a night off.

Bottom 5th: Mets added to their lead as Wright belted his 24th homer on the season. Mets 6, Braves 1.

Top 6th: Shaky inning for Pelfrey. After Blanco reached on a bunt single, he walked Escobar and Jones to load the bases. He was fortunate that McCann grounded into a DP (as a run scored), but then he uncorked a wild pitch to bring in Escobar. Mets 6, Braves 3.

Bottom 6th: Buddy Carlyle came on for Jurrjens and retired Tatis, Schneider and Pelfrey in order.

Top 7th: Seven strong innings for Pelfrey, who threw just six pitches in the inning.

Bottom 7th: Wright drew a two-out walk before Will Ohman got Delgado to ground out.

Top 8th: Pelfrey retired the side in order. Only question left: Will he pitch the ninth? He is at 97 pitches.

Bottom 8th: The Mets go down in order. Big Pelf is coming out for the ninth. Will he notch his first complete game?

Top 9th: Big Pelf retired the side in order to record his first complete game ever. Pelf allowed just three hits and threw 108 pitches. Final: Mets 6, Braves 3.