He was pulled after 77 pitches, with two outs and a two-run lead in the seventh.
Moving forward, NY continues its home stand with a three-game series against the Miami Marlins, starting Friday night.
Braves offense? Well, we had six hits.
He only made two mistakes - both against Kemp.
The Braves actually managed to bring the tying run to the plate in the eighth, thanks to a one-out single from Adonis Garcia, an infield single from Tyler Flowers that went off of pitcher Fernando Salas' glove, and then another infield single by Ender Inciarte that Asdrubal Cabrera couldn't handle behind the pitcher's mound. Kemp had two solo bombs on Thursday night. Both of them were off "The Dark Knight".
Braves head to Pittsburgh now to face the Pirates this weekend.
Travis d'Arnaud and Wilmer Flores each backed Harvey with two-run hits - d'Arnaud's a double, Flores' a homer - against Braves starter Jaime Garcia, who is almost three years removed from his own surgery to fix Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
It's a small subplot for a team that won't be all that good, but if Colon is able to replicate his Mets form and grab those 11 wins, he will break Marichal's 42-year-old record, and finally cement his status as a future Hall of Famer in his own right. It wasn't until the 5th inning, when Matt Kemp took him deep, when Atlanta finally got to Harvey.
Auston Matthews: Matthews scores 40th, Leafs going to playoffs
Toronto had chances aplenty, especially during a four-minute power play, but couldn't beat Korpisalo in the first 20 minutes. Brown then redirected a Gardiner shot to put Toronto in front, Matthews adding his 40th goal of the year into an empty net.
He opted not to speak with the media until after his start on Wednesday night, but he won't have as easy a time shrugging off the Citi Field faithful who will want to thank Big Bart for his time in NY in a big way. He'll make his first start of the year at Miller Park against the Milwaukee Brewers.
This little statistic (little considering its sample size) goes to show one major positive for the Mets: Very few baserunners.
If New York's bullpen can continue to pitch at this rate, the unit figures to rank among the league's best, especially when suspended closer Jeurys Familia returns.
Harvey tossed 6 2/3 strong innings in his first regular-season start since undergoing surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome as the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 to win a season-opening, three-game series at Citi Field. That is the condition that affected Harvey last summer, causing numbness in his pitching hand and undermining his results.
Matt Kemp, who's off to a torrid start, was the only Atlanta hitter to solve Harvey. Meanwhile, the Mets knocked around Jaime Garcia, making his Braves debut, to the tune of four runs in six innings, and scored a couple more off of reliever Chaz Roe, to pull away and claim a series victory. I'm a huge fan of this! Why? The guy is 37-years-old and can still smash - and we have NO bench power. "I'd love to see Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!" he said.
Drafted by the Phillies in 2001, Howard was among the game's most feared power hitters and has 382 home runs. During the game one fan held up a sign reading "I wish I knew how to quit you".
To quickly sum how this first series went against the new look Atlanta Braves, the pitching outplayed the batting. We're going to miss that.
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