Wisler takes no-no into 5th; Braves top Mets

NEW YORK — As it turns out, all the Braves needed to silence the Mets’ homer-happy offense was a heavy dose of Matt Wisler. Backed by Mallex Smith’s first career homer, Wisler held the Mets hitless into the fifth inning Tuesday, and scoreless through eight in a 3-0 win at Citi Field.

“I know where they are, and I know they’re struggling as a team,” Mets manager Terry Collins said of the Braves. “But the kid pitched pretty good tonight, and you’re going to run into that.”

Though he allowed just the one hit — an Asdrubal Cabrera single — in eight innings, Wisler was not necessarily overwhelming on a foggy night at Citi Field. He worked around two walks, a hit batsman and a Freddie Freeman fielding error, striking out four and inducing a pair of double plays.

“I’m proud of the guys,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said after his team won for the third time in its past five games.”They gave us good at-bats, and we kept getting [Mets starter Matt Harvey] deep in counts and kept getting good at-bats against him. But I think Wisler was the name of the game today. He was really, really, really good.”

It was the type of outing that Harvey, battling through an illness that required him to receive fluids before the game, could not deliver. Though Harvey kept the Braves scoreless through four innings, he allowed Smith’s replay-aided homer in the fifth before falling to pieces in the sixth.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDAce-like performance: Wisler has shown signs that he has the potential to develop into a frontline starter, but Tuesday’s 106-pitch effort was the most impressive outing thus far by the young right-hander, who now has a 1.55 ERA in four starts against the Mets. He induced …

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