Hudson, Braves complete 4-game sweep of Mets (AP) Braves against Mets. Chipper Jones vs. Johan Santana. Game on the line. "You live for that moment," Jones said. He certainly seized it. Jones drove in the go-ahead run during a three-run seventh inning against Santana, and Atlanta beat New York 4-2 Thursday night behind Tim Hudson to complete its first four-game sweep of the Mets in five years. Read More

Francoeur leads Braves past Mets, 11-4 (AP) Jeff Francoeur says he wasn't physically drained by playing 370 consecutive games. Mentally zapped? That's another matter. Francoeur, refreshed by his rare night off, homered and drove in four runs to help the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 11-4 Wednesday night for their third straight win in the series. Martinez returns home to be with ailing father (AP) Pedro Martinez returned to the Dominican Republic to be with his sick father on Wednesday, delaying ... Read More

Campillo picks up first big league win; Braves sweep Mets (AP) Jorge Campillo outpitched his future Hall of Famer teammate and got quite a bonus: his first major league win. The 30-year-old journeyman followed up Tom Glavine's strong performance in the first game with six scoreless innings of his own Tuesday night, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 6-2 victory over the New York Mets and a sweep of their doubleheader. Glavine beats former team, leading Braves past Mets 6-1 (AP) Tom Glavine ... Read More

Delgado's 2 homers lead Mets to 6-3 win over Braves (AP) Mets fans were still disappointed with first baseman Carlos Delgado even after he broke out of his 3-for-34 slump Sunday. Their only regret this time was he didn't come out of the dugout for a curtain call following his second home run. Delgado had his first two-homer game in nearly a year -- and first homer since April 8 -- in a 6-3 win over Atlanta. Read More

NEW YORK -- Scrawled on the message board near the door to the Mets' clubhouse each day is the pregame agenda; nothing fancy, just the facts, the what and when of it. An outsider might find the terminology a bit odd at times. The information the Mets read upon arrival Saturday, for instance, was this: "Report: 11:30. No hitting. Game: 1:10." All snide remarks aside -- "No hitting" was neither a commentary on the Mets' performance on Friday nor a cynic's view of ... Read More

NEW YORK -- They play one game at a time, they say. But they think ahead -- sometimes two or three days ahead. The Mets were fully aware of what they faced this weekend when the Braves were to provide the competition. Almost every Mets hitter knew at least this much -- a rookie, Tim Hudson and John Smoltz would be on the mound. The Braves' starting pitcher plans, translated into Mets thinking, was this: "A pretty decent chance to win on Friday, ... Read More

Maine, Mets hold on for win over Braves (AP) Tim Hudson repeatedly said he felt fine after another perplexing start. Just one bad inning, he said. One bad inning was all New York needed to send the Atlanta Braves to another one-run loss. Carlos Beltran hit a two-run double off Hudson in the Mets' four-run third inning, and New York held on for a 4-3 victory Saturday. Read More

Wild 6-3 win for Jurrjens and Braves (AP) Jair Jurrjens had himself a pretty streaky night. Jurrjens was perfect in the first two innings against the New York Mets on Friday. Then he walked three consecutive batters with the bases loaded in the third. Then he retired his final 10 batters. "It boosts my confidence up, coming back from a big jam like that," the 22-year-old rookie said after helping the Atlanta Braves to a 6-3 victory. Read More