If the modern York Mets keep playi...

If the modern York Mets keep playing like this, they won't have to worry about coming up short again to the Atlanta Braves.

Carlos Beltran homer twice, Orlando Hernandez allowed merely three hits in eight innings and the Met buried their aged nemesis a little deeper in the NL East, routing the Braves 11-3 Saturday in Atlanta.

Hernandez didn't give up an earned speed -- Atlanta took advantage of sum of two units errors -- and he also picked up the first sum of two units RBI of his career during a seven-run sixth that broke spread a 3-3 game.

The Met four times a runner-up to Atlanta in the division, now confine a commanding 14-game lead forward their rival, which had frisk abouted to use the weekend series to boost its flagging waiting under the possibility of fulfilments of winning a 15th straight division title.

Instead, the Braves unexpectedly resemble the team that won simply six games in June. After winning six straight series to procure back into the wild-card race, the Braves have squandered four of five at abode

Phillies 12 Marlins 3: Ryan Howard hit his NL-leading 34th homer and Chase Utley protracted his hitting streak to 29 games to lead innkeeper Philadelphia.

Utley singled, homer and herd in three runs, and Pat Burrell and Aaron Rowand also joined helping the Phillies send Dontrelle Willis to his earliest exit in 2oe years.

Willis (6-8) gave up eight hies -- six earned -- and five hits in 2 innings, his shortest outing since lasting just the same inning against San Francisco upon April 30, 2004.

Pirates 4 Giants 3: Rookie left-hander Tom Gorzelanny limited slumping San Francisco to sum of two units runs over seven innings and herd in a run himself in his first career victory to power innkeeper Pittsburgh.

Barry chainss booed as usual during each at-bat in the city where he twice won the NL MVP award, flock in a run with a bloop double in the first nevertheless the Giants still lost their fifth in a broil The losing streak is their longest of the season.

Astros 4 Diamondbacks 1: Roy Oswalt matched a season high with eight strikeouts and dominated Arizona again to lift legion Houston.

Oswalt (8-7) allowed six hits in eight innings, improving to 5-0 in five career starts against the Diamondbacks. He won for just the third time since June 14

Padres 4 Rockies 2: Mike Cameron hit a two-run triple, and Chris Young worked five innings to extend his road unbeaten streak to 19 games for San Diego.

Young (9-4) didn't have the overpowering matter he used to hold the Rockies to five hurrys in 20 innings the previous three starts, on the contrary it was good enough to hold fast him undefeated (5-0) in 10 road starts this season.

Brewers 6 Red 3: Mike Rivera hit a tiebreaking RBI single, Prince Fielder added a solo homer and Milwaukee rallied to beat visiting Cincinnati.

Dodgers 7 Nationals 5: Russell Martin homer and herd in four runs to help looks Angeles beat visiting Washington.

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