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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 4, NY Mets 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, July 9, 2010
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Paul Emmel, 1B - Bill Hohn, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 36356

Melky Cabrera and Omar Infante hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning and the Atlanta bullpen threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Tommy Hanson, helping the Braves hold on for a 4-2 win over the New York Mets on Friday.

Infante went 4-for-5 and scored twice and Cabrera was 3-for-5 with two runs for the Braves, who moved four games ahead of New York in the NL East.

Eric O'Flaherty (3-1) picked up the win by getting Jesus Felicano to ground out and strand two runners in scoring position in the sixth, setting the tone for the bullpen. Jonny Venters worked a perfect seventh, Takashi Saito worked out of trouble in a scoreless eighth and Billy Wagner retired the side in order in the ninth for his 20th save.

Hanson allowed two runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings in the no-decision.

With things tied 2-2 in the seventh, Cabrera and Infante connected for consecutive blasts against Mets starter R.A. Dickey to put Atlanta ahead for good.

Dickey (6-2) allowed four runs - three earned - on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings.

Angel Pagan had two hits for the Mets and Jose Reyes and David Wright each drove in runs.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Atlanta   NY Mets
Tommy Hanson Player R.A. Dickey
No Decision W/L Loss
5.2 IP 6.2
6 Strikeouts 6
7 Hits 9
3.18 ERA 4.05
Hitting
Atlanta   NY Mets
Omar Infante Player R.A. Dickey
4 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 2
.800 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Atlanta 12 2 20 .324 16 8 3 4 1 0
NY Mets 8 0 10 .242 18 9 2 2 1 1