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Taijuan Walker leaves injured as Mets again fall in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Consider the Mets ready for the Max Scherzer/Jacob deGrom portion of their week.

They get to play their pair of aces the next two days after a miserable past two. In a 5-0 loss to Atlanta on Tuesday, Taijuan Walker exited after two innings due to back spasms — the second game in a row that they dropped after their starting pitcher lasted just two innings.

The Mets’ lead in the NL East is down to 3 1/2 games heading into the back half of this four-game series (the start of an eight-game road trip that will take them to Philadelphia this weekend).

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