Glavine leads Mets over Braves

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Glavine pitched a six-hitter to beat his former team and Cliff Floyd hit his career-high 32nd homer, leading the New York Mets over the Atlanta Braves 4-1 Sunday.

Victor Diaz and Carlos Beltran each added an RBI double during a four-run sixth inning, helping the Mets end another frustrating season against their NL East rivals by taking two of three over the weekend. Atlanta won the season series 13-6, its fifth straight year with double-digit victories against New York.

No Met had been more frustrated by the Braves than Glavine, who entered 1-8 with a 7.85 ERA in 11 career appearances against the team he won two Cy Young Awards with. But he snapped a personal three-game losing streak and won for the first time since Aug. 22.

Glavine (11-13) got Jeff Francoeur to bounce back to the mound to finish his 54th career complete game and his first since a 4-0 victory over Colorado on May 23, 2004. Both Mets wins in the series were complete games — Pedro Martinez blanked the Braves in the opener.

Glavine outpitched John Thomson, who had only one bad inning. But that was enough to keep him winless since May 5. The right-hander is 0-3 in six starts since missing nearly three months with an injured middle finger.

The Braves lost for the sixth time in nine games. They began the day with a fivegame lead over Philadelphia, and host the Phillies in a threegame series starting Tuesday.