NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: B Wickman relieved K Davies. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1 ATLANTA 8 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR NY METS: D Wright (.277, 0-FOR-3)</div>
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Franco hit for A Burgos. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, D EASLEY ON FIRST, P LO DUCA ON SECOND, 2 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: NY METS 1 ATLANTA 8 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR NY METS: J Franco (.185, 1 HR, 6 RBI)</div>
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY METS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 ATLANTA 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 x 8 10 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYM - JORGE SOSA, AARON SELE (5TH), AMBIORIX BURGOS (7TH) AND PAUL LO DUCA ATL - KYLE DAVIES, BOB WICKMAN (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN HOME RUNS: NYM - NONE ATL - SCOTT THORMAN (6) OFF JORGE SOSA IN THE 4TH, 0 ON KYLE DAVIES (1) OFF AARON SELE IN THE 6TH, 2 ON</div>
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY METS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 ATLANTA 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 x 8 10 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYM - JORGE SOSA, AARON SELE (5TH), AMBIORIX BURGOS (7TH) AND PAUL LO DUCA ATL - KYLE DAVIES, BOB WICKMAN (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN WP - KYLE DAVIES (2-2) LP - JORGE SOSA (3-1) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: NYM - NONE ATL - SCOTT THORMAN (6) OFF JORGE SOSA IN THE 4TH, 0 ON KYLE DAVIES (1) OFF AARON SELE IN THE 6TH, 2 ON TIME: 2:29 ATT: 32,587 PROBABLES: NYM - OLIVER PEREZ (5-3, 2.90) ATL - CHUCK JAMES (4-3, 4.15)</div>
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS ATLANTA (8) - FINAL NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .321 E Chavez lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .354 C Beltran cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .304 C Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .209 D Wright 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 S Green rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .316 P Lo Duca c 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .306 D Easley 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .269 J Sosa p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .179 A Sele p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-R Gotay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240 A Burgos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-J Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .179 Totals 33 1 8 1 2 4 12 a-grounded into fielder's choice to second for J Sosa in the 5th; b-grounded to second for A Sele in the 7th; c-grounded to first for A Burgos in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - C Beltran (11, K Davies). S - E Chavez. RBI - D Newhan (3). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Chavez 1, C Delgado 1, J Franco 1, R Gotay 1. GIDP - C Delgado. Team LOB - 8. FIELDING: DP: 2 (C Delgado-J Reyes, J Reyes-D Easley-C Delgado). ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Johnson 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .279 E Renteria ss 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 .331 C Jones 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .301 B McCann c 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .299 J Francoeur rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .311 A Jones cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 .220 S Thorman 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 3 .250 W Harris lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .362 K Davies p 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 .071 a-P Orr ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .185 B Wickman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 8 10 8 5 8 11 a-struck out swinging for K Davies in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - B McCann (14, J Sosa); J Francoeur (14, J Sosa); K Johnson (11, J Sosa); A Jones (12, A Burgos). 3B - K Johnson (4, A Sele). HR - S Thorman (6, 4th inning off J Sosa 0 on, 0 Out), K Davies (1, 6th inning off A Sele 2 on, 2 Out). SF - C Jones. RBI - J Francoeur (35), A Jones (31), C Jones (27), B McCann (22), S Thorman (23), K Davies 3 (3). 2-out RBI - K Davies 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Jones 1, S Thorman 1. GIDP - W Harris, A Jones. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: DP: 1 (K Johnson-E Renteria-S Thorman). ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS - 000 010 000 -- 1 ATLANTA - 022 103 00x -- 8 ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era J Sosa (L, 3-1) 4 6 5 5 3 4 1 3.75 A Sele 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 5.30 A Burgos 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.74 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era K Davies (W, 2-2) 8 6 1 1 2 3 0 4.47 B Wickman 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.37 Pitches-strikes: J Sosa 71-44; A Sele 50-28; A Burgos 22-17; K Davies 109-68; B Wickman 20-14. Ground balls-fly balls: J Sosa 5-3; A Sele 3-0; A Burgos 3-2; K Davies 11-10; B Wickman 2-0. Batters faced: J Sosa 19; A Sele 11; A Burgos 7; K Davies 31; B Wickman 5. UMPIRES: HP--Angel Hernandez. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Mark Carlson. 3B--Larry Young. T--2:29. Att--32,587. Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.</div>
Jones, Davies lead Braves to easy win over Mets <h3>ATLANTA 8, NY METS 1</h3>ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Andruw Jones and Kyle Davies helpedcontinue the Atlanta Braves' dominance of the New York Mets. Jones snapped out of an 0-for-14 slump with an RBI single in thesecond inning and Davies hurled eight solid innings and homeredto power the Braves to an 8-1 rout of the Mets. Atlanta returned from a disappointing 4-6 road trip to fall 21/2 games behind first-place New York in the National LeagueEast Division. But luckily for the Braves, the Mets were comingto town. Having taken four of six against their archrival, the Braves hadwon two out of three in both series in New York and Atlanta.Facing former teammate Jorge Sosa (3-1), Jeff Francoeur andJones wasted no time making it five of seven. Brian McCann led off the second with a single and scored whenthe red-hot Francoeur, who batted .533 (8-for-15) with a homerin the weekend series with Boston, laced a double down the rightfield line. That brought up the slumping Jones, who was dropped hiscustomary cleanup spot to sixth in the lineup by Braves managerBobby Cox on Sunday after batting just .139 (5-for-36) on thetrip to see his average slide to a paltry .212. Hampered by asore back, Jones capped the trip in rather embarrassing fashionby becoming the first Atlanta Brave since David Justice in 1993to strike out five times in one game on Sunday. But the 2005 Silver Slugger Award winner ripped the first pitchfrom Sosa to center field, plating Francoeur for a 2-0advantage. That would be all the run support that Davies (2-2) would need.The righthander allowed one run and six hits, struck out threeand walked two in eight innings to improve to 4-2 lifetimeagainst New York. Davies threw 109 pitches - 68 strikes - en route to his longestouting of the season. Davies helped his own cause by smashing atwo-out, three-run homer to dead center field off Mets relieverAaron Sele in the sixth for an 8-1 edge. In his first start back at Turner Field, Sosa struggled. Signedby the Mets in the offseason and inserted into the startingrotation after Orlando Hernandez was placed on the disabledlist, Sosa reverted to his 2005 form in which he was 13-3 with a2.55 ERA in 44 games with Atlanta, winning his first threedecisions with the Mets and not allowing more than two runs ineach of his first three outings. But the righthander looked more like the pitcher who was 3-10with a 5.46 ERA in 26 games with Atlanta last season in thisone, allowing five runs and six hits in four innings, strikingout four and walking three. Pinch hitter Dave Newhan accounted for New York's lone run witha fielder's choice in the fifth. Chipper Jones and McCann each drove in a run in the third andfirst baseman Scott Thorman homered in the fourth for Atlanta,which has not dropped a series at home this season.
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NY METS (1) VS ATLANTA (8) - FINAL NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Reyes ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .321 E Chavez lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .354 C Beltran cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .304 C Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .209 D Wright 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275 S Green rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .316 P Lo Duca c 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .306 D Easley 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .269 J Sosa p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 a-D Newhan ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .179 A Sele p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-R Gotay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240 A Burgos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-J Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .179 Totals 33 1 8 1 2 4 12 a-grounded into fielder's choice to second for J Sosa in the 5th; b-grounded to second for A Sele in the 7th; c-grounded to first for A Burgos in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - C Beltran (11, K Davies). S - E Chavez. RBI - D Newhan (3). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Chavez 1, C Delgado 1, J Franco 1, R Gotay 1. GIDP - C Delgado. Team LOB - 8. FIELDING: DP: 2 (C Delgado-J Reyes, J Reyes-D Easley-C Delgado). ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Johnson 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .279 E Renteria ss 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 .331 C Jones 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .301 B McCann c 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .299 J Francoeur rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .311 A Jones cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 .220 S Thorman 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 3 .250 W Harris lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .362 K Davies p 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 .071 a-P Orr ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .185 B Wickman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 8 10 8 5 8 11 a-struck out swinging for K Davies in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - B McCann (14, J Sosa); J Francoeur (14, J Sosa); K Johnson (11, J Sosa); A Jones (12, A Burgos). 3B - K Johnson (4, A Sele). HR - S Thorman (6, 4th inning off J Sosa 0 on, 0 Out), K Davies (1, 6th inning off A Sele 2 on, 2 Out). SF - C Jones. RBI - J Francoeur (35), A Jones (31), C Jones (27), B McCann (22), S Thorman (23), K Davies 3 (3). 2-out RBI - K Davies 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Jones 1, S Thorman 1. GIDP - W Harris, A Jones. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: DP: 1 (K Johnson-E Renteria-S Thorman). ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS - 000 010 000 -- 1 ATLANTA - 022 103 00x -- 8 ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era J Sosa (L, 3-1) 4 6 5 5 3 4 1 3.75 A Sele 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 5.30 A Burgos 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.74 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era K Davies (W, 2-2) 8 6 1 1 2 3 0 4.47 B Wickman 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.37 Pitches-strikes: J Sosa 71-44; A Sele 50-28; A Burgos 22-17; K Davies 109-68; B Wickman 20-14. Ground balls-fly balls: J Sosa 5-3; A Sele 3-0; A Burgos 3-2; K Davies 11-10; B Wickman 2-0. Batters faced: J Sosa 19; A Sele 11; A Burgos 7; K Davies 31; B Wickman 5. UMPIRES: HP--Angel Hernandez. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Mark Carlson. 3B--Larry Young. T--2:29. Att--32,587. Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, right to left.</div>
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY METS (1) AT ATLANTA (8) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATLANTA 2ND: B McCann doubled to left center. J Francoeur doubled to right, B McCann scored. A Jones singled to center, J Francoeur scored. S Thorman struck out swinging. W Harris grounded into double play, first to shortstop, A Jones out at second.(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 2. ATLANTA 3RD: K Davies walked. K Johnson doubled to deep left, K Davies to third. E Renteria walked. C Jones hit sacrifice fly to left, K Davies scored. B McCann singled to center, K Johnson scored, E Renteria to second. J Francoeur walked, E Renteria to third, B McCann to second. A Jones grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Francoeur out at second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 4. ATLANTA 4TH: S Thorman homered to right. W Harris flied out to center. K Davies struck out looking. K Johnson flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 5. NY METS 5TH: S Green singled to center. P Lo Duca singled to right, S Green to second. D Easley grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, P Lo Duca out at second, S Green to third. D Newhan hit for J Sosa. D Newhan grounded into fielder's choice to second, S Green scored, D Easley out at second. J Reyes walked, D Newhan to second. E Chavez flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 5. ATLANTA 6TH: J Francoeur grounded out to first. A Jones walked. S Thorman struck out looking. W Harris singled to left, A Jones to second. K Davies homered to center, A Jones and W Harris scored. K Johnson tripled to right. E Renteria walked. C Jones grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 8.</div>
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - NY METS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 ATLANTA 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 x 8 10 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: NYM - JORGE SOSA, AARON SELE (5TH), AMBIORIX BURGOS (7TH) AND PAUL LO DUCA ATL - KYLE DAVIES, BOB WICKMAN (9TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN WP - KYLE DAVIES (2-2) LP - JORGE SOSA (3-1) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: NYM - NONE ATL - SCOTT THORMAN (6) OFF JORGE SOSA IN THE 4TH, 0 ON KYLE DAVIES (1) OFF AARON SELE IN THE 6TH, 2 ON TIME: 2:29 ATT: 32,587 PROBABLES: NYM - OLIVER PEREZ (5-3, 2.90) ATL - CHUCK JAMES (4-3, 4.15)</div>
NL: NY METS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY METS (1) AT ATLANTA (8) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ny Mets Starting Lineups -- J Reyes SS, E Chavez LF, C Beltran CF, C Delgado 1B, D Wright 3B, S Green RF, P Lo Duca C, D Easley 2B, J Sosa RHP. Atlanta Starting Lineups -- K Johnson 2B, E Renteria SS, C Jones 3B, B McCann C, J Francoeur RF, A Jones CF, S Thorman 1B, W Harris LF, K Davies RHP. Umpires -- Angel Hernandez (HP), Ted Barrett (1B), Mark Carlson (2B), Larry Young (3B). Gametime Weather: 84 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 10 mph. NY METS 1ST: J Reyes walked. E Chavez sacrificed to catcher, J Reyes to second. C Beltran singled to center, J Reyes to third. C Delgado grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, C Beltran out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 0. ATLANTA 1ST: K Johnson bunt grounded out to third. E Renteria struck out swinging. C Jones struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 0. NY METS 2ND: D Wright flied out to right. S Green grounded out to second. P Lo Duca flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 0. ATLANTA 2ND: B McCann doubled to left center. J Francoeur doubled to right, B McCann scored. A Jones singled to center, J Francoeur scored. S Thorman struck out swinging. W Harris grounded into double play, first to shortstop, A Jones out at second.(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 2. NY METS 3RD: D Easley grounded out to third. J Sosa singled to center. J Reyes lined out to shortstop. E Chavez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 2. ATLANTA 3RD: K Davies walked. K Johnson doubled to deep left, K Davies to third. E Renteria walked. C Jones hit sacrifice fly to left, K Davies scored. B McCann singled to center, K Johnson scored, E Renteria to second. J Francoeur walked, E Renteria to third, B McCann to second. A Jones grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Francoeur out at second. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 4. NY METS 4TH: C Beltran flied out to left. C Delgado grounded out to third. D Wright struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 4. ATLANTA 4TH: S Thorman homered to right. W Harris flied out to center. K Davies struck out looking. K Johnson flied out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, ATLANTA 5. NY METS 5TH: S Green singled to center. P Lo Duca singled to right, S Green to second. D Easley grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, P Lo Duca out at second, S Green to third. D Newhan hit for J Sosa. D Newhan grounded into fielder's choice to second, S Green scored, D Easley out at second. J Reyes walked, D Newhan to second. E Chavez flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 5. ATLANTA 5TH: A Sele relieved J Sosa. E Renteria struck out swinging. C Jones grounded out to second. B McCann struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 5. NY METS 6TH: C Beltran lined out to second. C Delgado struck out swinging. D Wright lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 5. ATLANTA 6TH: J Francoeur grounded out to first. A Jones walked. S Thorman struck out looking. W Harris singled to left, A Jones to second. K Davies homered to center, A Jones and W Harris scored. K Johnson tripled to right. E Renteria walked. C Jones grounded out to first. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 8. NY METS 7TH: S Green grounded out to second. P Lo Duca reached on infield single to shortstop. D Easley grounded out to catcher, P Lo Duca to second. R Gotay hit for A Sele. R Gotay grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 8. ATLANTA 7TH: A Burgos relieved A Sele. B McCann grounded out to first. J Francoeur grounded out to second. A Jones doubled to left. S Thorman flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 8. NY METS 8TH: J Reyes flied out to center. E Chavez flied out to left. C Beltran doubled to deep left center. C Delgado flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 8. ATLANTA 8TH: W Harris popped out to shortstop. P Orr hit for K Davies. P Orr struck out swinging. K Johnson grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 8. NY METS 9TH: B Wickman relieved K Davies. D Wright grounded out to shortstop. S Green struck out swinging. P Lo Duca singled to left. D Easley singled to left, P Lo Duca to second. J Franco hit for A Burgos. J Franco grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 1, ATLANTA 8.</div>
Jones, Davies lead Braves to easy win over Mets <h3>ATLANTA 8, NY METS 1</h3>ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Andruw Jones and Kyle Davies helpedcontinue the Atlanta Braves' dominance of the New York Mets. Jones snapped out of an 0-for-14 slump with an RBI single in thesecond inning and Davies hurled eight solid innings and homeredto power the Braves to an 8-1 rout of the Mets. Atlanta returned from a disappointing 4-6 road trip that dropped<div class="pre">them 2 1/2 games behind first-place New York in the National</div>League East Division. But luckily for the Braves, the Mets werecoming to town. Having taken four of six against their archrival, the Braves hadwon two out of three in both series in New York and Atlanta.Facing former teammate Jorge Sosa (3-1), Jeff Francoeur andJones wasted no time making it five of seven. "Every game against the Mets is big," Davies said. "We don'twant to fall too far behind. We need to do whatever we canagainst them right now." Brian McCann led off the second with a single and scored whenthe red-hot Francoeur, who batted .533 (8-for-15) with a homerin the weekend series with Boston, laced a double down the rightfield line. That brought up the slumping Jones, who was dropped from hiscustomary cleanup spot to sixth in the lineup by Braves managerBobby Cox on Sunday after batting just .139 (5-for-36) on thetrip to see his average slide to a paltry .212. Hampered by a sore back, Jones capped the trip in ratherembarrassing fashion by becoming the first Atlanta Brave sinceDavid Justice in 1993 to strike out five times in one game onSunday. But the 2005 Silver Slugger Award winner spent the off-day onMonday working on his swing at his batting cage in his Duluth,Georgia home. The work paid dividends as Jones ripped the firstpitch from Sosa to center field, plating Francoeur for a 2-0advantage. "I was flowing forward," Jones said of his struggles. "I wasnot sitting back on my back side. I worked on it Monday and itworked out today." That would be all the run support that Davies (2-2) would need.The righthander allowed one run and six hits, struck out threeand walked two in eight innings to improve to 4-2 lifetimeagainst New York. "Kyle's on a pretty nice roll," Cox said. "He's changing speedswith his curveball and his fastball is starting to run with goodmovement." Davies threw 109 pitches - 68 strikes - en route to his longestouting of the season. Davies helped his own cause by smashing atwo-out, three-run homer to dead center field off Mets relieverAaron Sele in the sixth for an 8-1 edge. "I can hit a little bit," joked Davies, who played Little Leagueball with Francoeur. "(Francoeur) batted third and I battedfourth. I was a hitter." It was the first hit in 14 at bats this season for Davies, whohas five hits in his major league career. Two of them arehomers. "Kyle could rake it as a kid," Francoeur admitted. "I'll giveit to him. He was one of the best 13-year old hitters I've everseen. ... Times change. Now he's a pitcher. Once in a bluemoon, he can hit one." In his first start back at Turner Field, Sosa struggled. Signedby the Mets in the offseason and inserted into the startingrotation after Orlando Hernandez was placed on the disabledlist, Sosa reverted to his 2005 form in which he was 13-3 with a2.55 ERA in 44 games with Atlanta, winning his first threedecisions with the Mets and not allowing more than two runs ineach of his first three outings. But the righthander looked more like the pitcher who was 3-10with a 5.46 ERA in 26 games with Atlanta last season in thisone, allowing five runs and six hits in four innings, strikingout four and walking three. "You have to give credit to the Braves; they were hitting mypitches," said Sosa through a translator. "I feel down onmyself because I let the team down, especially having Atlantabehind us. I know it was a big game for us." Pinch hitter Dave Newhan accounted for New York's lone run witha fielder's choice in the fifth. Chipper Jones and McCann each drove in a run in the third andfirst baseman Scott Thorman homered in the fourth for Atlanta,which has not dropped a series at home this season.
