ATLANTA -- It was a big day for Atlanta catcher Brian McCann, who celebrated the birth of his first child. It was also a big day for his backup, David Ross, who helped power the Braves offence in McCanns absence. Ross homered and drove in four runs, Chipper Jones also connected and the Braves survived a crisis at shortstop to beat the New York Mets 7-5 on Friday night. McCann was on paternity leave as his wife, Ashley, delivered a son on Friday. Ross said McCann sent a photo of the baby named, Colt. "He wished me luck," Ross said. "I told him Dont worry about me. His life is about to change. ... Im glad to play well for him." The Braves started the day thin at shortstop. They chose to wait to replace rookie Andrelton Simmons, who broke his right little finger on Sunday and will be out at least a month. Atlanta then lost shortstop Jack Wilson with another pinkie injury. "Well, the worse-case scenario happened," said manager Fredi Gonzalez, who said the team held off on making a move while exploring options through trades and in the minors. Wilson dislocated the middle joint of his right little finger sliding while chasing a grounder in the fourth inning. Wilsons exit forced Martin Prado, the starter in left field, to play shortstop for the first time in four years. The Braves said X-rays on Wilson were negative and he is day to day. "We were able to hold on," Gonzalez said. "We were able to get a win with a minimal bench." Gonzalez said he doesnt expect Wilson to be placed on the disabled list, but he said the team would add another shortstop before Saturdays game. Jones hit his 49th career homer against the Mets in the sixth off Josh Edgin, who was making his major league debut. Cristhian Martinez (4-1) pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth. He gave up one walk with two strikeouts in one inning. Craig Kimbrel earned his NL-leading 26th save with three strikeouts in the ninth. Mets pitchers issued a season-high 11 walks and allowed 10 hits. "A little frustrating," manager Terry Collins said. "Eleven bases on balls, 21 baserunners, youre not going to win many games. "Weve said it many, many times: When we pitch, we have a chance to win. And when we dont pitch its tough for us, because we dont have a lot of power." Ross had three walks, including a bases-loaded pass from Chris Young in the first inning. Young (2-3) gave up five runs, six hits and three walks in three innings. His three walks came in the first inning, setting an ugly pace. "I had trouble finding my rhythm early," Young said. "Youre going to have nights like that over the course of the season. I needed to do a better job limiting the damage. Had I done so, I think we could have won the game. "I just dug us in too big a hole." Ross hit a three-run homer off Young in the third, driving in Jones and Freddie Freeman. The homer gave the Braves a 5-0 lead, but the Mets scored four runs in the fourth to knock Tim Hudson out of the game. Kirk Nieuwenhuis had a two-run single, Scott Hairston drove in a run with a double and Ruben Tejada added a run-scoring single. Wilsons right hand hit the ground as he slid while chasing a grounder by Nieuwenhuis into centre field in the Mets four-run fourth. Prado played two games at shortstop in 2008. He appeared comfortable at the position, handling grounders cleanly in the fourth, sixth and eighth innings. "Hes really good wherever we put him," Hudson said. Edgin, a left-hander called up from Triple-A Buffalo before the game, entered in the fifth after Miguel Batista loaded the bases with three walks. Edgin struck out pinch-hitter Juan Francisco and Michael Bourn to end the inning. The Mets couldnt score after loading the bases with no outs in the fifth. Hudson gave up a single to David Wright before walking Ike Davis. Martinez walked Lucas Duda to load the bases before striking out Hairston and Nieuwenhuis and ending the inning on Jose Tholes flyball to centre. Edgin gave up two runs in the sixth. After Jones two-out homer, Freeman doubled off Edgin and scored on Dan Ugglas single off Ramon Ramirez. Pinch-hitter Ronny Cedeno doubled off Braves left-hander Eric OFlaherty and scored on a single by Andres Torres in the eighth. Jones homer left him tied with Mike Schmidt for second place on the career list for most RBIs by third basemen at 1,595. George Brett is first with 1,596. Jones, who also had a double, has a 14-game hitting streak. NOTES: A Turner Field power outage in the second inning caused a delay of 16 minutes. ... The Mets did not sign their second-round draft pick, RHP Teddy Stankiewicz of Fort Worth Christian H.S. in Richland Hills, Texas, by Fridays deadline. The Braves didnt sign C Levi Borders, an 11th-round pick from Winter Haven (Fla.) H.S. 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Nothing came easily for the Yankees, who blew an early four-run lead before going back ahead in the sixth when Raul Ibanez tripled off the centre field wall and scored the tiebreaking run on Nick Swishers flyout. New Yorks Mariano Rivera-less bullpen came through, however: After Cory Wade escaped a jam in the seventh, Soriano yielded a walk and Albert Pujols infield hit in the ninth before earning his sixth save by breaking the bat of Trumbo, whose homer to left ended Mondays victory for the Angels. "Its the difference in our game, what our bullpen did," manager Joe Girardi said. "Its nice. (Going) 4-2 on this road trip so far sounds better than 3-3." Trumbo homered in his career-best fourth straight game and drove in three runs for the Angels, who fell short of their first nine-game winning streak in nearly eight years. Rookie Mike Trout had a two-run double as the Angels rallied to tie it in a four-run fourth inning. Trumbo went 3 for 4, but couldnt match his Monday theatrics. 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"Im a power pitcher and, if they make good contact, thats where its going to end up." Trout also scored on Trumbos bases-loaded flyout in the first inning for the Angels, whose eight-game streak was their longest since July 2009. Los Angeles (26-26) fell one game short of matching the club record for wins in May (19) and fell back to .500 after getting above the mark for the only time since winning on opening day. After Russell Martin drew a leadoff walk and Derek Jeter singled in the third, Granderson put his 16th homer of the season -- the fifth of his career against Santana -- deep into the elevated stands above right field. After Alex Rodriguez walked, Cano sent his eighth homer deep into the same stands. Santana, who threw 48 pitches in the third inning alone, has been the weakest link in the Angels rotation this season, allowing 15 homers in 11 starts. He lost his first six starts while receiving minimal run support, but is on a five-game unbeaten run thanks to the Angels fourth-inning rally. After Trumbos two-run shot to right, Los Angeles evened it when Erick Aybar and Bobby Wilson scored on a long double by Trout, the 20-year-old speedster. Santana retired nine straight after the Yankees scoring burst, but left after throwing 103 pitches. Ibanezs drive off the wall off Takahashi eluded centre fielder Peter Bourjos, and he scored on Swishers medium-length fly to left. Kendrys Morales and Trumbo singled with two outs in the seventh, but Wade struck out Howie Kendrick in a nine-pitch at-bat. Kendrick made three inning-ending outs with two runners on base, including a double-play grounder in the fifth. NOTES: Both teams have a day off Thursday. Los Angeles will host AL West rival Texas in a three-game weekend series, while New York wraps up its nine-game trip with a weekend set in Detroit. ... Trumbo is the first Angels hitter to homer in four straight games since Rex Hudler did it May 19-22, 1996. The club record is five straight games with a homer by Bobby Bonds in 1977. ... Angels RHP Garrett Richards pitched the ninth in his season debut. The touted prospect was recalled from the minors to take the rotation spot of injured ace Jered Weaver, but he likely wont get a start until next week. Dan Haren is expected to take Weavers scheduled start Sunday against Texas. ' ' '