New York ? The big question in the NL East early this season is whether Atlanta still has enough pitching to hold off the New York Mets.

Winners of 14 straight division titles, the Braves delivered an emphatic answer this week.

Tim Hudson took a one-hit shutout into the ninth inning before finishing with a three-hit gem, and Atlanta got another big homer from Andruw Jones in a 2-1 victory Wednesday over the Mets.

“You don’t look at the lineups and decide who wins the game,” Hudson said. “Today was a lot of fun for me personally, especially the way I started the year.”

Hudson outpitched Tom Glavine in a matchup of All-Stars in peak form. The right-hander retired his first 15 batters before Ramon Castro’s leadoff single in the sixth and held on with some help from his defense.

It was the second stellar outing in a row for the Braves, who also got a three-hitter from 22-year-old Kyle Davies in a 7-1 win Tuesday night.

“It’s good to see our starting pitchers go out and perform the way they did the past two days,” Jones said. “I’m really proud of the way they’ve been pitching.”

Mets third baseman David Wright made three errors.

Brewers 7, Astros 2

Houston – Andy Pettitte lost to Milwaukee for the first time since 1996 despite allowing only two runs.

Phillies 7, Nationals 6 (10)

Philadelphia – Ryan Howard’s RBI single in the 10th inning completed a Philadelphia rally. Ryan Franklin (1-1) worked a scoreless 10th for his first win in Philadelphia.

D’backs 10, Giants 3

Phoenix – Jeff DaVanon fell a double short of hitting for the cycle and drove in three runs. DaVanon led a 13-hit attack for the Diamondbacks.

Padres 13, Rockies 4

Denver – Ben Johnson had a career-high four RBIs, and Vinny Castilla had four hits, leading San Diego over Colorado.

Cubs 5, Dodgers 4

Los Angeles – Ronny Cedeno drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with an eighth-inning single, and Ryan Dempster set a club record with his 23rd consecutive save.

Reds 9, Marlins 8

Cincinnati – Cincinnati tied it with three runs in the eighth, and Edwin Encarnacion hit a run-scoring double in the ninth.

Cardinals 4, Pirates 0

Pittsburgh – Chris Carpenter limited Pittsburgh to two hits over eight innings in his third consecutive strong start, and Jim Edmonds and David Eckstein homered.