Brandon Nimmo hits a walk-off home run to give the Mets a 4-3 victory over the Braves

Brandon Nimmo's 2-run home run in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Mets to a 4-3 win over the Braves on Sunday.

Brandon Nimmo comes off bench and hits 2-run HR in 9th to lift Mets over Braves, 4-3. DJ Stewart singled on first pitch from Braves starter Bryce Elder to give Mets a quick hit this time. Pete Alonso had two RBIs and the Mets avoided a three-game sweep.

Brandon Nimmo crushes walk-off homer to give Mets win, avoid sweep against Atlanta Braves. Nimmo came off bench because of intercostal soreness, teed off on cutter from A.J. Minter with one on and one out in bottom of the ninth inning.

Brandon Nimmo came off the bench to hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning that gave the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Brandon Nimmo went from sore ribs to sticking one into the Braves’ gut.

Brandon Nimmo felt better moving around on Sunday than a day earlier, when he departed with right intercostal discomfort, but caution dictated his absence from the Mets’ starting lineup.

Brandon Nimmo wanted to play Sunday against the Atlanta Braves and informed manager Carlos Mendoza that he would be ready after sitting out part of Saturday's loss while experiencing some intercostal tightness.

Brandon Nimmo played only 2 1/2 innings off the bench and still made all the difference. Held out of the starting lineup because of soreness on his right side, Nimmo entered as a pinch runner in the seventh and hit a two-run homer in the ninth that gave the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Atlan

New York Mets left fielder Brandon Nimmo left Saturday’s game against the Atlanta Braves after the fourth inning with what appeared to be a pain in his side.

The Mets lost a game, but they are hoping they did not lose something much more significant: their leadoff hitter and arguably best position player up to this point.