Tejada’s single gives Mets win over Braves in extras

Ruben Tejada raised his right hand and pointed to the Mets dugout, officially starting the celebration.

On a night the Mets seemed destined for a crushing defeat after squandering a two-run lead late, it was the resurgent Tejada to the rescue with an RBI single in the 11th inning that led a 4-3 victory over the Braves at Citi Field on Monday.

Tejada slapped a single off Anthony Varvaro to give the Mets a third victory in four games.

The Mets threatened in the ninth, after getting a call overturned by replay. Eric Campbell was originally called out at second base on Juan Lagares' sacrifice-bunt attempt, but replay determined Andrelton Simmons' foot was off the bag. Because Simmons had stretched like a first baseman to receive the throw, it wasn't deemed a "neighborhood play," which can't be reviewed by replay.

But the Mets failed to capitalize, as Lucas Duda, Travis d'Arnaud and Eric Young Jr. all went quietly against Shae Simmons.

Jenrry Mejia allowed a run over 1 ¹/₃ innings and surrendered two big hits in the eighth that helped the Braves take a 3-2 lead. The blown save was Mejia's second in 10 chances this season. Mejia escaped trouble in the ninth by retiring Justin Upton with the go-ahead run at second base.

Curtis Granderson brought the Mets back from the grave with a two-out solo homer against Luis Avilan in the eighth that tied the game at 3-3, after the Braves had scored three runs in the top of the inning.

Granderson's blast was the Mets' first hit since the second inning. Lefty Mike Minor had dominated the Mets from that point and finished with two runs allowed on two hits over seven innings in the no-decision.

Christian Bethancourt delivered an RBI single in the eighth against Mejia that gave the Braves their first lead at 3-2, after Vic Black and Josh Edgin failed earlier in the inning.

Freddie Freeman doubled with one out in the eighth against Black to start the go-ahead rally. After Justin Upton was retired, with Freeman moving to third, Edgin entered and unloaded a wild pitch for the Braves' first run.

Jason Heyward then singled — snapping Edgin's franchise-record streak of 23 first batters retired to begin the season — before Mejia entered and allowed an RBI double to Chris Johnson that tied the game. Tommy La Stella was then intentionally walked and Bethancourt's single followed.

Daisuke Matsuzaka fired a six-hitter over seven shutout innings to carry the Mets. D'Arnaud's RBI double and David Wright's homer accounted for the early runs.

It was a rebound performance for Matsuzaka, who allowed five earned runs on seven hits and three walks over five innings in a loss to the Braves last Tuesday at Turner Field.

Matsuzaka was tested in the sixth, when Justin Upton smacked a leadoff double, but the right-hander recovered to retire the next three batters he faced. He then worked a perfect seventh.

Wright, who wasn't selected to the All-Star team for only the second time since 2005, hit a solo homer in the third that gave the Mets a 2-0 lead. The blast was Wright's seventh of the season and gave him 42 RBIs.

D'Arnaud's RBI double in the second gave the Mets a 1-0 lead. Campbell walked leading off the inning, and with two outs, d'Arnaud delivered. It extended the rookie catcher's streak of reaching base to 11 games since returning from Triple-A Las Vegas on June 24.

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