Mike Hampton found his groove Saturday against one of his former teams.

Making his fourth start of spring training, Hampton pitched six scoreless innings as Atlanta beat the New York Mets, 4-1.

He gave up three hits, walked two and threw 79 pitches, lowering his spring ERA from 7.07 to 4.95.

“I felt I pitched good facing a quality lineup,” said Hampton, who helped the Mets reach the World Series in 2000.

Two of the three hits were doubles, including one leading off the sixth by Russ Johnson. But Hampton got out of the jam by retiring three straight, including a strikeout of Mo Vaughn with a backdoor sinker.

“It feels great. All the work seems to paying off,” Hampton said. “I’m moving in the right direction.”

Rafael Furcal went 3-for-3 and Julio Franco had a two-run double in the first inning for Braves, who played without regular starters Gary Sheffield, Andruw Jones and Robert Fick. Chipper Jones and Darren Bragg added two hits apiece.

Marlins 8, Orioles 1

Mike Lowell hit an RBI single in his first at-bat since hurting his lower back March 6. Josh Beckett, who could start Florida’s opener in place of injured A.J. Burnett, allowed one run and four hits in five innings.

Expos 4, Cardinals 0

Sonny Kim pitched five innings, combining with Luis Ayala, T.J. Tucker and Joey Eischen on a six-hitter. Cardinals starter Cal Eldred gave up a two-run homer in the first to Jose Vidro.

Blue Jays 4, Reds 1

Shannon Stewart, Josh Phelps and Eric Hinske homered. Cincinnati’s Danny Graves, converting from a closer to a starter this season, worked out of the stretch his entire outing, allowing six hits in five shutout innings.

Phillies 11, Red Sox 6

David Bell hit three home runs, two off struggling Casey Fossum, and had five RBIs. Jimmy Rollins had three RBIs for the Phillies.

Dodgers 6, Astros 4

Mike Kinkade and Terry Shumpert homered in a six-run eighth off Octavio Dotel.

Indians 10, Tigers 3

Rookie Jeremy Bonderman learned he had won a spot in Detroit’s starting rotation, then allowed eight runs and nine hits in four innings.

Devil Rays 8, Pirates 2

Victor Zambrano allowed one run and four hits in six innings.

Twins 4, Yankees 3

Andy Pettitte allowed one run and three hits over five-plus innings. A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-run homer off Randy Choate in the seventh.

Rangers 4, Angels 1

Chan Ho Park allowed one run and struck out six in five innings.

Athletics 8, Rockies 7

Miguel Tejada had three hits and three RBIs. Oakland starter Tim Hudson allowed four runs — three earned — and five hits in 52¼3 innings.

Brewers 11, White Sox 8

Brooks Kieschnick allowed two runs in the top of the sixth inning, then hit a solo homer in a four-run bottom half. Kieschnick is batting .400 (4-for-10) with two homers and seven RBIs.

Mariners 6, D’backs (ss) 6

Curt Schilling gave up homers to John Mabry and Greg Colbrunn, allowing six runs in six innings.

Padres (ss) 3, D’backs (ss) 1

Miguel Ojeda homered in the eighth, and Jason Bay added a two-run shot in the Padres’ annual visit to Yuma, where they held spring training from their expansion season of 1969 through 1993.