Gant earns 1st MLB win, Braves beat Mets, take 3rd straight
NEW YORK (AP) – John Gant, the rookie righty with the weird windup, earned his first big league win by beating the team that traded him away last summer, pitching the Atlanta Braves past the New York Mets 5-1 on Friday night.
Gant (1-1) threw two-hit ball for 6 2/3 innings, helping the Braves post their first three-game winning streak since mid-April. They started the day tied with Minnesota for the worst record in baseball.
Gant gave up one run, struck out five and walked two in his second start in the majors. The Mets might have been thrown off by his mechanics – he lifts his left leg as if he’s going to begin his motion, but puts it down, comes to a full stop and then goes into a normal delivery.
Atlanta star Freddie Freeman kept up his extra-base hit barrage with an RBI double and also singled twice.
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