What a difference a good shortstop can make. Travis d’Arnaud’s ground ball seemed to have found a gap, but Andrelton Simmons closed on the ball quickly. He backhanded it deep in the hole, jumped and fired across the field to nail the Mets’ catcher at first. The Braves shortstop not only gunned d’Arnaud with his “Jeterian” jump-and-throw play, but he also killed the Mets’ eighth-inning rally.