Braves flirt with no-hitter, baffle Mets

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Max Fried threw seven no-hit innings on Saturday afternoon for the visiting Atlanta Braves, who came within one out of their first no-hitter in over 30 years in a 4-1 win against the New York Mets.

Fried (3-1) issued three walks -- to Tomas Nido and Brandon Nimmo in the third inning and to Pete Alonso in the seventh -- and struck out five. Joe Jimenez walked Harrison Bader to o