ATLANTA — Michael Harris II had three hits, including one of five Braves home runs, as Atlanta gave Chris Sale plenty of support in a 14-3 blowout over the New York Mets on Saturday night.Eli White, Mauricio Dubón, Mike Yastrzemski and Austin Riley also homered for Atlanta, which hit four home runs off Mets pitching in a 5-3 win on Friday night.Harris drove in two runs. White had four RBIs, Riley had three and Dubón and Yastrzemski had two each.Sale (9-6), who was named an All-Star for the 10th time just before the game, gave up three runs on seven hits, including two home runs, and he matched a season-low with three strikeouts. Rookie JR Ritchie picked up his first save after throwing three scoreless innings to close the game.The last-place Mets have lost 12 of their last 14 and have dropped to 36-53. No team has ever reached the postseason from 17 games under .500, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.Sale was cruising until, with two outs in the fourth, he gave up a home run to Tyrone Taylor to end his major league-best (among starting pitchers) 46-inning homerless streak. In the fifth, he gave up a two-run homer to Mark Vientos and allowed the next two batters to reach before being pulled after 98 pitches.Sean Manaea (1-4) took the loss, giving up six runs on six hits in five innings.Popular ReadsWhite’s solo home run into the Mets’ bullpen in the second inning gave the Braves a 1-0 lead, and his three-run double in the third broke the game open. With two outs, White hit a soft pop-up to center field. Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and center fielder Taylor converged, and the ball bounced off Taylor’s glove …
