New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes, right, celebrates his solo home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field, Friday, July 24, 2020, in New York.
Rules changes for this shortened season delayed by the coronavirus provided a DH in NL games for the first time giving the Mets a perfect slot for Cspedes as he gets back in the swing of things.
Edwin Daz, who lost his job as closer during a miserable 2019 season, struck out two in a hitless ninth for the save.
Braves All-Star starter Mike Soroka, who won his previous two matchups with deGrom, allowed four hits in six outstanding innings.
Coming off consecutive Cy Young Awards, deGrom fanned eight and permitted only a broken-bat single and a walk.