Risking an extension of their longest losing streak since 2004, the Metsinstead headed home with a 3-2 win Sunday over the Braves.
Dillon Gee, in a spot start for the injured Chris Young, faced Tommy Hanson in an apparent mismatch, but he outpitched Atlanta's righthander. Hanson allowed three runs in five innings, while Gee allowed one run in 5.2 innings.
Terry Collins, employing a new batting order in an attempt to recharge his team after seven consecutive losses, slid Josh Thole into the no. 2 spot. The move seemed immediately wise in the first, whenJose Reyes led off with a double, and Thole singled him in. Again in the fifth, Reyes singled and stole second, and then scored on a Thole hit.
After Gee left, Collins--clearly feeling the need for a win-used starters Chris Capuano andR.A. Dickey in relief. Jason Isringhausen allowed a Jason Heyward homer in the eighth, narrowing the Mets' lead to 3-2, and Francisco Rodriguez allowed the tying run to reach third base with two out in the ninth. But the Mets closer struck out Brooks Conrad on a 3-2 pitch to end the game.
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