A day after he finally sat out a game, a rejuvenated Jeff Francoeur wore out the New York Mets.

Francoeur was 3-for-4 with a triple, a home run and four RBIs to help Jair Jurrjens and the home-surging Braves pound the Mets 11-4 on Wednesday night for their 12th win in the past 13 games at Turner Field.

Mark Teixeira added three hits and three RBIs. Brian McCann had three hits including a two-run double, and Chipper Jones hit his 398th career homer as the Braves made sure manager Bobby Cox enjoyed his 67th birthday.

Jones left after being hit in the right shin by a pitch in the seventh inning, but not before tying Braves legend Dale Murphy for 45th on the career home-run list.

"The man is an absolute god in the city of Atlanta," Jones said. "To tie him in career homers is probably the biggest milestone I've reached so far because now I can say I hit as many home runs as Dale Murphy."

An egg-sized lump on his shin looked nasty, but Jones, the majors hitting leader (.410), indicated that it wasn't as bad as it appeared. He hopes to play Thursday when the Braves go for a four-game sweep of the Mets.

Cox hoped to refresh the slumping Francoeur a bit by resting him in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Mets, ending the right fielder's streak of 370 consecutive starts.

Francoeur said late Tuesday it was the right decision, and getting out of his mental rut was more important that any streak. He said it felt like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

Then he played like it, belting an RBI triple off the wall in the third inning, a run-scoring single in the fifth, and a two-run homer in the sixth -- his first home run since a two-homer game April 12 at Washington.

"It was nice to be able to get out there and relax and contribute," said Francoeur, who had hit .244 with no homers in his previous 33 games.

"I don't want another day off tomorrow," he quipped. "But it definitely can help. Baseball is a grind -- you don't see many guys play all 162 [games] for that reason. You need time to rest."

Francoeur was hit by a pitch in the second inning and didn't make an out until he lined to second base in the seventh. He has only four homers -- Jones has 12, McCann 8 -- but his 30 RBIs are just four behind Jones' team-high total.

Jurrjens (5-3) allowed two runs (one earned) and five hits in seven innings to remain unbeaten in 10 career home starts with Detroit and Atlanta. The Braves got him in a December trade for Edgar Renteria.

The 22-year-old right-hander is 4-0 with a 1.48 ERA in five starts at Turner Field, where the Braves have the National League's best home record (19-5). They have the worst road record (6-16) in the majors.

They are 6-2 against the Mets this season and will go for a series sweep Thursday in an anticipated matchup of aces Tim Hudson and Mets lefty Johan Santana.

The Braves (25-21) are 20-12 since April 17 and moved two games ahead of New York (22-22) in the NL East. Atlanta and Philadelphia are 1 1/2 games behind division leader Florida.

While the Braves have won 18 of their past 21 home games, they've lost nine of their past 11 on the road.

Before Wednesday, it had been nearly six weeks since Francoeur jogged around the bases. Since his two-homer, seven-RBI game April 12 at Washington, he had gone homerless in 133 at-bats.

But after hitting a ball off the wall in the left-center gap in the third inning against Mike Pelfrey (2-5), Francoeur hit one over it in the sixth inning against left-hander Pedro Feliciano.

In his last 38 games against the Mets, Francoeur has hit .309 with 15 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 41 RBIs.

But that's a drop in the proverbial bucket compared to Mets nemesis Jones, who has 39 homers and a .329 career average against the rivals from Flushing, N.Y. Jones was 1-for-2 with two walks to raise his average to .410, and was assisted as he hobbled off the field after being struck on his back leg by a Scott Schoenweis breaking ball in the seventh inning.