Braves edge Mets 9-7

ATLANTA — R.A. Dickey’s floaters were more effective than Matt Harvey’s fastballs for the second time in a week, Ender Inciarte drove in three runs with three hits and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 9-7 on Tuesday night.

New York’s Jay Bruce drove in six runs with two homers, including a grand slam off Matt Wisler in the ninth.

Dickey (3-2) struggled to control his knuckleball but allowed only three runs and four hits in six innings. He had four walks. He also started in a 7-5 win over Harvey and the Mets in New York on Thursday.

Harvey (2-2) gave up six runs for the second straight start. Harvey allowed eight hits with three walks in 5 1/3 innings.

Dickey’s bases-loaded groundout in the fourth broke a 3-3 tie. Inciarte’s bloop single up the middle drove in two runs.

Bruce and Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman hit tworun homers in the first. Freeman’s 10th homer carried 422 feet into the second level of the right-field seats. Asdrubal Cabrera hit his third homer in the third for the Mets.

Curtis Granderson, hitting only .126, was held out, and Juan Lagares started in center field for the Mets. Manager Terry Collins said Granderson “wanted to work on some things extensively” and will start today but sit out again on Thursday.

Braves right fielder Nick Markakis charged toward the infield and made a diving catch of a sinking liner hit by Travis d’Arnaud to end the fifth with runners on first and third.