ATLANTA - David Wright knows the damage could've been worse. Getting hit in the groin on a pitch from Braves closer Craig Kimbrel is bad enough, but at least it was an 88 mph slider. Two pitches earlier, Kimbrel's fastball touched 100 mph on the radar gun. "I'm lucky that he hit me with a slider," Wright said with a smile. "A fastball would've been a different story, obviously." Wright's ground-rule double in the seventh inning was the only extra-base hit mustered by the New York Mets in a 2-0 loss to Mike Minor and the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. Minor pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings to win his fifth straight decision, and Martin Prado and Jason Heyward each had an RBI...
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