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NEW YORK - Eric Byrnes hit his third home run in two days and then Conor Jackson added a three-run shot as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Mets 7-2 on Tuesday night.

With Arizona leading 3-1, Byrnes led off the fifth inning against Mets starter Alay Soler (0-1) with his ninth homer of the season. After Chad Tracy singled and Luis Gonzalez walked, Jackson broke the game open with his sixth home run.

That was plenty of run support for Miguel Batista (5-2), who scattered nine hits with one walk and three strikeouts for the eighth complete game of his career and first since 2004. He spent last season as the closer for the Toronto Blue Jays, appearing in 71 games without a start.

Soler, the Cuban defector who was making his second major league start, allowed seven runs and eight hits in five innings.

The Diamondbacks scored two runs on one hit in the first inning.

Craig Counsell opened with a single and stole second. After Byrnes walked, the runners advanced on Tracy's long fly ball. Gonzalez followed with a sacrifice fly, with Counsell scoring and Bynes advancing to third. When the fourth ball in a walk to Jackson was a wild pitch, Byrnes scored.

The Mets got an unearned run in the second.

Cliff Floyd and Jose Valentin opened with singles. Lastings Milledge, in his first major league at-bat, lined to shortstop. Soler bunted, and when Batista tried for the force at third, Tracy was off the base. Tracy then threw wide to first, allowing Floyd to score.

In the Arizona fourth, Johnny Estrada singled with one out and scored on a triple by Orlando Hudson.

Jose Valentin hit his fourth homer in the ninth for New York.

Notes: Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. threw out the first pitch. ... The Mets signed veteran C Mike DiFelice and OF Jacob Cruz to minor league contracts. ... Byrnes' home run extended his hitting streak to 13 games. ... Soler threw 95 pitches in five innings with three walks and two wild pitches. ... Milledge got his first major league hit, a double leading off the seventh.

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press

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