Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 8, NY Mets 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - James Hoye, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - John Hirschbeck
Attendance: 28536

Chipper Jones and Brian McCann combined for six hits and five RBIs - including back-to-back home runs in the third inning - to carry the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday.

The Braves took two of three in the series and have not lost a home series since dropping two of three to Philadelphia on April 20-22.

Jones tied it at 2 in the third with his ninth homer of the season and McCann gave Atlanta the lead one batter later with his 15th homer of the season. McCann also had a pair of RBI doubles to finish 3-for-5 with three RBIs, while Jones was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored.

Melky Cabrera added a solo homer in the eighth to close the scoring.

Left-hander Mike Dunn (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for his first major-league win after starter Kris Medlen left with one out in the fifth because of an injured elbow.

Mike Pelfrey (10-6) allowed five runs - three earned - on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings to lose his fourth consecutive decision.

Luis Castillo, Angel Pagan and Carlos Beltran drove in runs for the Mets, who made four errors which led to four unearned runs.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Atlanta
Mike Pelfrey Player Kris Medlen
Loss W/L No Decision
4.2 IP 4.1
1 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 4
5.79 ERA 4.15
Hitting
NY Mets   Atlanta
Luis CastilloPlayer Chipper Jones
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 6 0 7 .200 13 5 3 6 1 4
Atlanta 11 3 22 .306 15 3 7 3 0 2