Mets duo team up on Cards

NEW YORK -- Tom Glavine snapped a personal slump with his one of his best performances of the season and Cliff Floyd hit two huge home runs as the New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Friday night.

The 39-year-old left-hander, who came into the game with opponents hitting .333 against him, limited St. Louis to four singles in seven-plus innings and was in charge throughout against a team that came in with the best record in the league (22-12). St. Louis had 32 hits and 20 runs in its last two games against Los Angeles.

Glavine (2-4) had allowed 19 runs and 29 hits in 14 innings over his last three starts. But against the Cardinals, he was masterful, retiring 12 straight at one point and flashing the form that made him baseball's third winningest active pitcher with his 264th victory. Only Roger Clemens (330) and Greg Maddux (307) are ahead of him.

Floyd hit his ninth and 10th homers of the season, both long shots that accounted for the game's only runs.

Floyd's homer in the second inning hit the scoreboard in right-center field and traveled an estimated 425 feet. He connected again in the seventh, this one an estimated 415 feet over the fence in right.

Floyd's homers were the only mistakes made by St. Louis starter Jason Marquis (5-2). He allowed one other hit, a leadoff single by Jose Reyes in the first.

The game resembled Glavine's 3-1 victory over Washington on April 22 when he allowed just two hits over seven innings. His next three starts gave the Mets cause for alarm but he looked strong from the outset against the Cardinals.

Glavine pitched out of trouble in the seventh when Albert Pujols singled and reached second on a throwing error by second baseman Kaz Matsui. Glavine then retired Reggie Sanders and Mark Grudzielanek to end the inning. An inning later, Abraham Nunez's second hit and another error by Matsui gave St. Louis runners at first and second with one out and finished Glavine.

Roberto Hernandez relieved and retired pinch hitters Jim Edmonds and John Mabry and then David Eckstein to escape the jam. Braden Looper pitched the ninth inning for his ninth save.

Notes: Floyd, one of the hottest hitters in the NL for the first five weeks of the season when he had a 20-game hitting streak, was 2-for-22 on the Mets' six-game road trip. ... Eckstein had his 13-game hitting streak snapped. ... St. Louis had won 10 of the last 12 games against New York, dating to 2003.