Brett Baty’s first career grand slam keeps runs coming for red-hot Mets in win over Braves

· New York Post

ATLANTA — Almost everybody is getting involved.

For so many stretches this season, the Mets were a one- or two-man show offensively, with Juan Soto carrying the load with whichever player happened to be hot for a stint.

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These days the exception isn’t the one or two players who are hitting, but the ones who are not. Runs are plentiful.

Monday night, the Mets used Brett Baty’s first-inning grand slam as the propeller in their latest strong offensive showing, an 8-5 victory over the Braves at Truist Park.

The Mets won for the sixth time in seven games on this road trip and have topped five runs in each of those victories. Overall, they are averaging 7.1 per game on the trip.

For a team dreaming of a surge that can close the gap to .500 (the Mets are still 14 games under), such performances will be a must, especially with the unpredictability facing the pitching staff after it was stripped at last week’s trade deadline.

Only adding to the improbability of this latest surge is the fact the team’s best hitter, Soto, has been sidelined by a quad strain since last month and isn’t expected back until September.

Brett Baty of the New York Mets reacts as he rounds second base after hitting a grand slam in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, August 10, 2026. Getty Images

Devin Williams, who was placed on the injured list Monday with a shoulder strain, is another player not expected back before next month. Kodai Senga assumed the closer’s role on this night and fired a scoreless ninth for his first MLB save.

Christian Scott slogged through four innings and surrendered four earned runs on seven hits and one walk with six strikeouts. It was a second straight uninspiring start for the right-hander, who allowed three earned runs over five innings last week against the Guardians.

Baty’s first career grand slam highlighted a first inning in which the Mets sent 10 batters to the plate and scored five runs against Bryce Elder.

After Jared Young’s RBI single gave the Mets a 1-0 lead, Elder struck out Marcus Semien for the second out. But with the bases still loaded, Baty pounced on a first-pitch slider and hammered it over the center-field fence for his eighth homer this season.

Before the Mets could get too comfortable, Scott got nicked for two runs in the bottom of the inning: Mauricio Dubón stroked a two-run single that pulled the Braves within 5-2 after Scott surrendered two hits in the inning and plunked Ozzie Albies.

Young’s second RBI single of the game gave the Mets a 6-2 lead in the second. Francisco Lindor’s leadoff double started the rally.

Lindor took the count full with two outs in the third inning before launching a 420-foot homer to right field. Lindor’s homer was his 11th this season and second on the road trip.

Christian Scott #45 of the New York Mets pitches in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on Monday, August 10, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. (2026 Getty Images) Getty Images

Scott allowed RBI singles to Drake Baldwin and Ronald Acuña Jr. in the fourth inning that shrank the Mets’ lead to 7-4.

Jonathan Pintaro’s wild pitch in the fifth allowed Michael Harris II to score the Braves’ fifth run. Pintaro walked two batters in the inning.

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Daniel Duarte entered with nobody out in the seventh with a runner at second base and recorded three straight outs without the run scoring to keep the Mets’ lead at 7-5.

Young’s sacrifice fly in the ninth gave the Mets an insurance run after they loaded the bases with nobody out.