Braves 13, Mets 5

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ATL (74-71) 012610030 13 13 1
NYM (82-62) 000300110 5 9 0

Final

 
W:P. Moylan (5-3)
L:O. Hernandez (9-5)

Braves pile it on Hernandez, NL East-leading Mets

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Regular Season Series
Series tied 9-9 (as of Tue 9/11)
Fri 4/6 NYM 11, @ATL 1 Recap
Sat 4/7 @ATL 5, NYM 3 Recap
Sun 4/8 @ATL 3, NYM 2 Recap
Fri 4/20 ATL 7, @NYM 3 Recap
Sat 4/21 @NYM 7, ATL 2 Recap
Sun 4/22 ATL 9, @NYM 6 Recap
Tue 5/22 @ATL 8, NYM 1 Recap
Wed 5/23 NYM 3, @ATL 0 Recap
Thu 5/24 @ATL 2, NYM 1 Recap
Tue 8/7 ATL 7, @NYM 3 Recap
Wed 8/8 @NYM 4, ATL 3 Recap
Thu 8/9 ATL 7, @NYM 6 Recap
Fri 8/31 NYM 7, @ATL 1 Recap
Sat 9/1 NYM 5, @ATL 1 Recap
Sun 9/2 NYM 3, @ATL 2 Recap
Mon 9/10 @NYM 3, ATL 2 Recap
>Tue 9/11 ATL 13, @NYM 5 Box Score
Wed 9/12 @NYM 4, ATL 3 Recap
· Complete Schedule: Mets | Braves
Scoring Summary
ATLNYM
2ndW Harris walked, M Teixeira scored, B McCann to third, J Francoeur to second.10
3rdY Escobar homered to left center, K Johnson scored.30
4thB Carlyle singled to right center, J Francoeur scored, A Jones to third, W Harris to second.40
4thK Johnson singled to right center, A Jones and W Harris scored, B Carlyle to second.60
4thM Teixeira homered to right, Y Escobar and E Renteria scored.90
4thJ Conine hit sacrifice fly to right, C Beltran scored.91
4thP Lo Duca homered to left, M Alou scored.93
5thW Harris singled to center, J Francoeur scored.103
7thD Wright doubled to deep center, J Reyes scored.104
8thJ Francoeur hit a ground rule double to left, E Renteria and M Teixeira scored, B McCann to third.124
8thW Harris grounded out to second, B McCann scored, J Francoeur to third, A Jones to second.134
8thM Alou homered to left.135
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Game Information
StadiumShea Stadium, Flushing, NY
Attendance48,732 (116% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time3:03
Weather74 degrees, cloudy
Wind12 mph
UmpiresHome Plate - Mike Winters, First Base - Bruce Froemming, Second Base - Mark Wegner, Third Base - Brian Runge

A CLOSER LOOK
• Summary: Mark Teixeira went 3-for-5 with a three-run home run as the Braves scored 13 runs on 13 hits to cool off the Mets, who had won four straight and nine of 10.

Mark Teixeira
Teixeira

• Hunt for October: The Braves pulled within 8½ of NL East-leading New York. They are five back of front-runner San Diego in the wild-card race.

• Unsung heroes: Willie Harris drove in three runs, and Jeff Francoeur was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Atlanta.

• Figure this: Jose Reyes had a career-high three doubles, tying the Mets' franchise record for doubles in a game, last accomplished by Carlos Beltran in 2006.

• Quotable: "It was a big thrill and with the importance of the game, an even bigger thrill." -- Yunel Escobar on hitting a homer off idol Orlando Hernandez

-- ESPN.com news services

Braves 13, Mets 5

NEW YORK (AP) -- Orlando Hernandez was rusty after a long layoff, and it led to an important victory for the desperate Atlanta Braves.

Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer and the Braves roughed up Hernandez in a 13-5 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.

"We took advantage of some wildness by El Duque," Teixeira said. "When he's on he's tough to hit, but tonight he just couldn't throw strikes."

Yunel Escobar also went deep for Atlanta, which played without Chipper Jones for the second straight night but still managed 13 hits. Willie Harris drove in three runs, and Jeff Francoeur was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

The Braves, clinging to their slim playoff hopes with 17 games left, pulled within 8½ of NL East-leading New York. They are five back of front-runner San Diego in the wild-card race.

"We've got to reel off a bunch of wins," manager Bobby Cox said.

Paul Lo Duca hit a two-run homer and speedy Jose Reyes had a career-high three doubles for the Mets, who had won four straight and nine of 10. They remained six games ahead of the second-place Phillies, who lost to Colorado.

The teams observed a pregame moment of silence to mark the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Mets also wore hats from eight New York City departments that sustained losses that day, and a firefighter sang the national anthem.

Hernandez, sporting an FDNY hat, struggled in his first start since he gave up five runs and six hits over three innings at Philadelphia on Aug. 30. He traveled back to New York after that shaky outing and got a cortisone shot in his sore right foot.

"I feel great," he said. "Only thing is, my control [was] no good."

El Duque retired the Braves in order in the first but forced home a run with a bases-loaded walk to Harris in the second and gave up a two-run homer to Cuban countryman Escobar in the third.

"It was a big thrill," Escobar said through a translator, "and with the importance of the game, an even bigger thrill."

The 24-year-old Escobar said he looked up to El Duque growing up and called it the most memorable home run of his career.

Atlanta chased the right-hander during a six-run fourth, batting around to take a 9-0 lead. The first five hitters reached against Hernandez (9-5), who yielded run-scoring singles to pitcher Buddy Carlyle and Kelly Johnson before he was replaced by Aaron Sele.

Hernandez was charged with six hits and a season-high eight runs over three-plus innings, his first loss since July 4 at Colorado. He walked four and hit a batter with a pitch. New York was 9-1 in his previous 10 starts.

"He struggled with his control," Mets manager Willie Randolph said. "He just didn't have a good outing tonight, period."

Sele got two quick outs before Teixeira connected for his 12th homer with the Braves. The slugger, who was acquired from Texas in a trade deadline deal, went 3-for-5 and scored two runs.

Carlyle gave up six hits and three runs in 4 1/3 innings for Braves, who have won four of six. Peter Moylan (5-3) threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the win, and three other relievers combined to finish it.

Moylan came in with runners on first and second in the fifth. He struck out Carlos Beltran and got Moises Alou to ground out to end the inning.

"Our bullpen, I thought, was just outstanding," Cox said, "especially Moylan coming in in the situation he did and not allowing anything at all."

Alou singled in the fourth to extend his hitting streak to 16 games, then added his 12th homer in the eighth.

Jones was a late scratch before Monday night's 3-2 loss to the Mets after he hurt himself during batting practice. The team said he is day to day.

The Braves did get Andruw Jones back after he missed the series opener with the flu. He went 0-for-3 and scored a run.

Game notes
Atlanta purchased the contract of catcher Clint Sammons from Double-A Mississippi. ... Reyes also tied the franchise record for doubles in a game, last accomplished by Beltran on Aug. 8, 2006, against San Diego.


Series At A Glance

Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/11)
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MLB Scores

Tuesday, September 11th 2007
Texas 13 Final
Detroit 6
LA Angels 10 Final
Baltimore 5
Tampa Bay 10 Final
Boston 16
Colorado 8 Final
Philadelphia 2
Milwaukee 6 Final
Pittsburgh 1
Washington 8 Final
Florida 13
Texas 1 Final
Detroit 4
NY Yankees 9 Final
Toronto 2
St. Louis 2 Final
Cincinnati 7
Atlanta 13 Final
NY Mets 5
Chi Cubs 4 Final
Houston 5 in 11
Minnesota 6 Final
Kansas City 3
Cleveland 8 Final
Chi White Sox 3
Oakland 7 Final
Seattle 4
San Diego 9 Final
LA Dodgers 4
Arizona 1 Final
San Francisco 2