SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (Interstat) — Tyler Mahle pitched six innings of one-run ball and Austin Riley, Mike Yastrzemski and Lane Thomas homered as the Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets 6-3 on Wednesday at Truist Park.

Mahle struck out seven and allowed four hits to improve his record to 4-9. Zac Thornton allowed three earned runs over six innings and fell to 3-3 for the Mets, who lost for the second straight day. Atlanta produced 12 hits while New York managed seven.

The Braves grabbed leads on Thomas’s second-inning homer and a third-inning double play that scored Ronald Acuña Jr. After Acuña singled home Riley in the fifth, the Mets answered with solo homers from Luis Torrens in the sixth and Luis Robert Jr. in the seventh. Atlanta broke open the game with three runs in the seventh, including consecutive homers by Yastrzemski and Riley, and Drake Baldwin’s RBI single scored Acuña. Bo Bichette homered in the ninth for the final margin.

Attendance was 26,415, and the game lasted 2:17. The Braves improved to 73-48, while the Mets fell to 53-69.