NEW YORK (Interstat) — Freddy Peralta pitched five innings of four-hit ball, striking out two, as the New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 8-1 on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field before a crowd of 40,106.

The Braves took an early lead when Michael Harris II scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the first, but the Mets answered with four runs in the bottom half. Jared Young singled in Bo Bichette, and A.J. Ewing doubled in two runs with the help of a throwing error. Brett Baty then singled home Ewing.

New York added two runs in the fifth and two more in the eighth on a two-run single by Juan Soto. Ewing finished 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs, while Soto went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

Bryce Elder (5-4) took the loss for Atlanta, which had only four hits. The Mets collected 13. Peralta improved to 5-5.

The victory gave the Mets their second win in the three-game series and evened their season record at 32-39. The Braves fell to 46-25. The game lasted 2 hours, 47 minutes.