New York took game two of the series, 13-5 in a thriller that included Pete Alonso breaking the Mets all-time home run record with 253 for his career. That win snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Mets and marks a 2-11 mark over the past 13 games.

Before the delay, Carrasco was set to take on the Mets' David Peterson who has historically given the Braves fits. It is unclear that if either started had gotten far into their warm-up routine to put their start in jeopardy if there is a long delay, although the best guess is that the announcement came quick enough to prevent that from happening.