New York ? Greg Maddux offered a fine scouting report on the pitcher he faced Friday night.

“He’s got good stuff — a good slider and changeup,” Maddux said. “Sneaky quick.”

Of course, Maddux had seen this guy before.

It was his old teammate, Tom Glavine.

Maddux hung on for his 277th career victory while Glavine surrendered a career-high four home runs in their first-ever matchup as the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets, 5-2.

“It was kind of fun,” Maddux said. “But I try to never make it personal. I wasn’t facing him, I was facing the Mets. The only time I was facing Glav was when he had a bat in his hands, or I had a bat in mine.”

Gary Sheffield, Chipper Jones, Julio Franco and Mark DeRosa hit solo homers in Atlanta’s third straight win.

The much-anticipated meeting between the Cy Young Award winners fizzled from the start. After a 32-minute rain delay, Glavine was tagged for a solo homer by Sheffield in the first and Maddux allowed five hits in the bottom half of the inning.

“I’ve never seen the ball carry so good at Shea,” Braves manager Bobby Cox said. “It looked like everybody was using aluminum bats and Titleist golf balls.”

Maddux (4-5) was pulled after five innings and 83 pitches, allowing two runs and seven hits.

“Right at 90 pitches, that’s a complete game for him,” Cox said.

Atlanta's Greg Maddux delivers against New York. Maddux defeated the Mets and former teammate Tom Glavine, 5-2, Friday night in New York.

Glavine (5-5) lost to his old team for the second time in a week, leaving after allowing five runs and nine hits in seven innings. He stayed stuck at 247 wins.

“It was a little bit odd,” Glavine said. “We were teammates a long time. I watched him pitch a lot.”

Astros 9, Cubs 1

Chicago — Wade Miller pitched a career-best two-hitter and Brad Ausmus had a three-run double as Houston beat Chicago in Sammy Sosa’s first game since coming off the disabled list. A rusty Sosa, activated after missing 17 games because of a toe injury, went 0-for-4 and struck out three times. Miller (3-6), surrendered a third-inning single to Damian Miller and Corey Patterson’s 11th homer in the fifth. He struck out a career-high 14.

Giants 6, Rockies 2

San Francisco — Rookie Kurt Ainsworth recorded a career-best eight strikeouts while pitching into the seventh inning as San Francisco beat Colorado, snapping the Rockies’ five-game winning streak. Rich Aurilia homered and drove in two runs as San Francisco began a four-game series against its NL West rivals with plenty of solid pitching and timely hitting. The Giants are unbeaten after three games of a 12-game homestand.

D’backs 8, Padres 3

San Diego — In his first start since attacking a machine used to evaluate umpires, Curt Schilling left after 62¼3 scoreless innings as Arizona beat San Diego, the Padres’ 14th loss in 16 games. Schilling (4-3) was working on a three-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks when he left after Sean Burroughs grounded out with two outs in the seventh.

Brewers 5, Dodgers 3

Los Angeles — Eric Young hit a leadoff homer and Richie Sexson added a tiebreaking two-run shot as Milwaukee beat longtime nemesis Hideo Nomo and Los Angeles. Ben Sheets (5-4) allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings, helping Milwaukee beat Los Angeles for the first time in nine meetings and ending the Dodgers’ seven-game home winning streak.

Pirates 7, Cardinals 3

St. Louis — Kenny Lofton homered to extend his hitting streak to 26 games and Jeff Suppan snapped his five-game losing streak as Pittsburgh beat St. Louis. Lofton hit his sixth homer on the first pitch of the third from Garrett Stephenson (3-4) to match Boston’s Nomar Garciaparra for the longest hitting streak in the major leagues this season.

Reds 4, Marlins 3 (11)

Miami — Ken Griffey Jr. hit a game-tying solo homer in the ninth inning and a go-ahead shot in the top of the 11th to lead Cincinnati past Florida. Griffey won the game with a 402-foot drive to right field with two outs in the 11th against Armando Almanza (3-4). Griffey’s second multihomer game of the season gave him six home runs this year.

Phillies 12, Expos 5

Philadelphia — Jim Thome homered and drove in four runs, leading Philadelphia past Montreal. Mike Lieberthal walked twice with the bases loaded.