ATLANTA -- The slumping Atlanta Braves were shut down by Jonathon Niese and lost 4-2 to the New York Mets on Saturday night, damaging their flickering playoff hopes. Brandon Allen Rams Jersey . Atlanta has lost seven of eight to drop to 4-13 in September. Any combination of two Pittsburgh wins or Atlanta losses will eliminate the Braves from the NL wild-card race. Niese (9-11) allowed two runs and seven hits in 7 1-3 innings. The left-hander also struck out five and walked one while improving to 1-1 with a 2.14 ERA in his last three starts. Dilson Herrera and Curtis Granderson homered for New York, which has won three of four. Niese, who was just 2-4 with a 5.65 ERA in his previous six road starts since June 21, retired nine straight batters before loading the bases on consecutive singles with one out in the eighth. Manager Terry Collins brought in Josh Edgin, who gave up a two-run single to Freddie Freeman. But Carlos Torres retired Justin Upton and Chris Johnson to end the threat. Jenrry Mejia then worked the ninth for his 27th save in 30 chances. Braves starter Mike Minor lasted just one inning, leaving with left shoulder discomfort after the Mets went up 1-0 on Lucas Dudas sacrifice fly. Minor (6-12) dropped to 0-8 in his last nine September starts. David Hale came in and fell behind 3-0 in the second on Herreras third homer, a two-run shot just inside the left-field foul pole. Grandersons 19th homer, coming off David Carpenter, made it 4-0 in the eighth. The Braves (76-78) fell two games under .500 for the first time since they were 2-4 on April 12, 2012. TRAINERS ROOM Mets: 2B Herrera left with a strained right quadriceps after he beat out an infield single in the sixth. Ruben Tejada came in to run and then played shortstop, making a strong defensive play to throw out Upton for the second out of the eighth. Braves: RF Jason Heyward missed his second straight game with a bruised left thumb. ... C Evan Gattis, sidelined the last 10 games with strep throat and a kidney stone, grounded out as a pinch hitter in the fifth. UP NEXT Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (8-6) tied the single-game record set by Houstons Jim Deshaies in 1986 by striking out his first eight batters in a no-decision at home against Miami last Monday. Braves: RHP Ervin Santana (14-9) is 2-1 with a 2.05 ERA in three starts against the Mets this year. SMOOTH MOVES Bonifacio, who filled in for Heyward, made two solid plays in right field, throwing out Granderson at the plate when he tried to score from second in the second and running to the warning track in right-centre to catch Daniel Murphys fly ball with runners on first and second. Brian Allen Rams Jersey . -- Andy Dorman and Kelyn Rowe scored in the second half to lead the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of their Eastern Conference semifinals series on Saturday night. Ramik Wilson Jersey .com) - The Toronto Blue Jays will look to snap a three-game skid Friday night when they continue their road trip in the opener of a three-game set against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. http://www.ramsrookiestore.com/Rams-Joseph-Noteboom-Jersey/ . However, the intensity and physicality that has characterized the postseason so far has caught Gretzky by surprise. "Its a little bit risqué right now," Gretzky told Philadelphia radio station 97.ERIE, Pa. -- Dane Fox scored his 61st and 62nd goals of the season and Brendan Gaunce had a goal and three assists as the Erie Otters downed the Kitchener Rangers 7-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Connor McDavid scored once and set up two more for the Otters (49-15-2), who extended their win streak to five games, while Joel Wigle, Troy Donnay and Andre Burakovsky added a goal apiece. OHL leading scorer Connor Brown chipped in with two assists for Erie and now has 123 points in 65 games. Nick Maygar, Ryan MacInnis and Matia Marcantuoni supplied the goals for the Rangers (22-40-3), who are on an eight-game slide, and Frank Hora tacked on two assists. Oscar Dansk allowed three goals on 12 shots for the Otters before giving way to Devin Williams, who stopped all six shots he faced in 29 minutes of relief. Kitcheners Matthew Greenfield stopped 29-of-34 shots in defeat. --- PETES 7 67s 0 PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- Josh MacDonald and Greg Betzold each scored twice and Andrew DAgostini stopped 30 shots as the Petes blanked Ottawa. Brian Allen Jersey. Hunter Garlent had a goal and two assists for Peterborough (31-28-5) while Nick Ritchie and Nelson Armstrong had the others. Travis Konecny and Jacob Middleton were a team-worst minus-3 for the 67s (23-36-5), who sit seventh in the Eastern Conference standings with four games remaining on the regular-season schedule. 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