Atlanta Braves afternoon update: Mike Soroka activated blanks Mets 2-0

After last night’s victory over the Mets, the Atlanta Braves swapped pitchers and beat them again this afternoon.

Last night Luke Jackson pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the Atlanta Braves, throwing just eight pitches and striking out one. This morning he’s once again designated for assignment.

Jackson’s been up and down so many times he may be getting dizzy. This is the fourth time since December 20th that the Braves designated the righty and removed him from the 40-man roster. The previous three times he cleared waivers and accepted assignment, that may not happen this time.

Jackson pitched three innings against Sand Diego, allowed one run on one hit and struck out five. While Jackson give Braves’ fans apoplexy when he enter and can be wild. only one bad outing for  Atlanta skews his numbers upward.

At Gwinnett Jackson’s been superb, pitching to a 1.99 ERA, 0.894 WHIP with 34 strikeouts and 10 walks in 21 1/3 IP.  Those numbers and his last two outings with Atlanta may encourage him to seek work somewhere he doesn’t need a personal Uber driver on call.

Atlanta Braves activate Soroka Beat Mets 2-0

Jackson’s departure cleared the way to Atlanta to activate righty Mike Soroka from the 10-day DL.

The Braves originally called up Soroka to pitch against the Mets on May first. He rewarded them for their choice by throwing six innings and allowing only one run on one hit without a walk and striking out five  to be  Noah Syndergaard. Today he did it again, only better.

The game featured an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel with Soroka once again facing off one of MLB’s bets, Jacob deGrom.

The Braves scored in the fourth when Dansby Swanson doubled with one out and Freddie Freeman singled him home. Then deGrom slammed the door again.

Soroka carried a no-hitter into the seventh but Michael Conforto broke that up with an infield single. The Braves righty struck out Todd Frazier then turned it over the A.J. Minter who finished the Mets off quickly.

On the day, Soroka left after throwing 74 pitches – 44 strikes –  in 6 1/3 innings allowing one hit, walking one and striking out four.

The Mets’ looked like a beaten team. They’re flat, hitters aren’t hitting, defenders are making mistakes .

In the seventh, Jay Bruce dawdled on a single between first and second allowing Ender Inciarte to turn it into a double. Inciarte made on of his patented and ill-advised attempts to steal third and got caught or the Braves that would have cost them a run.

Openly – and rightly  – mad as hell about the lackadaisical play behind him, deGrom slammed his glove against the wall after the seventh ended .