Ruiz, Swanson team up for game-winner for Braves against Mets

By Daniel Shirley

June 10, 2017 9:34 AM

A look around Major League Baseball’s NL East race today.

Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2

Miami 12, Pittsburgh 7

Texas 5, Washington 2

St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2

Texas (Perez 2-6) at Washington (Gonzalez 5-1), 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Gsellman 4-3) at Atlanta (Newcomb 0-0), 1:00 p.m., 1st game

Philadelphia (Pivetta 1-2) at St. Louis (Martinez 4-5), 2:15 p.m.

Miami (Straily 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Williams 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-0) at Atlanta (Wisler 0-0), 6:00 p.m., 2nd game

▪ The Nationals committed three errors, two by shortstop Trea Turner, against the Texas Rangers on Friday.

▪ Tanner Roark allowed five runs, including two earned, and 11 hits.

▪ Dansby Swanson scored the game-winning run on a single by pinch-hitter Rio Ruiz in the ninth inning Friday against the New York Mets.

▪ Jim Johnson (4-1) pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the win.

Hustle, Flow and Rio. #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/IvxqcUqrIR
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) June 10, 2017

▪ The Marlins had season highs in runs (12) and hits (18) on Friday against Pittsburgh.

▪ Giancarlo Stanton hit his 16th home run of the season.

▪ Matt Harvey threw five scoreless innings Friday against the Braves.

▪ Second baseman Neil Walker missed his second straight game with swelling in his left knee.

▪ Jeremy Hellickson pitched six innings, allowing 10 hits and three runs Friday against St. Louis.

▪ That was just the 16th start of six innings this season for Phillies pitchers.

This story was originally published June 10, 2017 at 9:34 AM with the headline "Ruiz, Swanson team up for game-winner for Braves against Mets."