By MIKE PUMA
ATLANTA - Who knew the Mets had a little Houdini in them?
Almost certain to lose on several occasions in Friday's late innings, manager Terry Collins' crew somehow kept escaping until finally delivering the Braves a knockout blow.
Ruben Tejada and Daniel Murphy inflicted the final damage, each with an RBI single in the 10th inning that helped the Mets secure a 7-5 victory at Turner Field.
John Buck, Lucas Duda, Marlon Byrd and David Wright all homered, helping the Mets (12-15) win their second straight. Byrd homered to tie the game in the eighth before Brandon Lyon relinquished the lead. Wright then homered in the ninth against Craig Kimbrel, tying the game.
Jeurys Familia recorded the final three outs after Bobby Parnell cleaned up Lyon's mess in the ninth. Jordany Valdespin's walk with two outs in the 10th against Jordan Walden ignited the Mets' winning rally. After Valdespin stole second and Mike Baxter was hit by a pitch, Tejada and Murphy each delivered an RBI single.
Ramiro Pena's leadoff double in the ninth inning against Lyon, and Reed Johnson's ensuing sacrifice bunt put the winning run at third base for the Braves. But Bobby Parnell got Jordan Schafer on a fly to center and Pena didn't bother to test Juan Lagares' arm. Parnell eventually escaped the inning by retiring Justin Upton.
Wright's solo homer against Kimbrel with one out in the ninth kept the Mets alive. It was the first homer allowed by Kimbrel - the best closer not named Mariano Rivera - in 12 appearances this season.
Evan Gattis' homer with one out in the eighth - on Lyon's first pitch - had put the Mets in a 5-4 hole. Lyon had entered after Scott Rice retired Freddie Freeman to begin the inning.
Byrd gave the Mets new life in the eighth with a leadoff homer against Eric O'Flaherty after the Braves had taken the lead an inning earlier on Andrelton Simmons' RBI fielder's choice against Scott Atchison.
Simmons beat Daniel Murphy's relay throw to first base by a step, avoiding the double play and allowing the run to score. Atchison's wild pitch in the inning was big, allowing Pena to reach third with one out.
Lefty Mike Minor frustrated the Mets, retiring the last 18 batters he faced. Minor's final line included three earned runs allowed on three hits with no walks.
Shaun Marcum lasted only 4 1/3 innings for the Mets and allowed three runs on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts. He was removed with the bases loaded in the fifth, after the Braves had pulled within 3-2 on Simmons' RBI single.
LaTroy Hawkins entered and got Justin Upton to fly out - tying the game - before striking out Freeman to end the inning.
Control has been an issue with Marcum, who has walked six batters in his first 10 innings this season. A walk to Jordan Schafer in the fifth inning last night loaded the bases for Simmons.
Marcum allowed two runs in the 15 inning on Monday in Miami and was the losing pitcher after volunteering for duty when every option in the bullpen had been exhausted.
Juan Francisco's RBI single in the third sliced the Mets' lead to 3-1, but Marcum avoided further damage in the inning. Francisco was leading from second with one out when his right ankle buckled. After falling to the ground he was picked off and had to be helped from the field. He was diagnosed with a mild ankle sprain.
Buck's two-run homer in the first inning put the Mets on the right track. Ruben Tejada opened the game with a bloop double against Minor before Buck, with two outs, homered into the left-field seats. Buck's blast gave him 10 homers in 25 games - only Dave Kingman among Mets players reached double figures faster. Kingman hit 10 homers in his first 23 games of 1976. Kingman (1982) and Carlos Delgado (2006) hit 10 homers in their first 25 games.
Duda's blast leading off the second gave the Mets a 3-0 lead. It was Duda's sixth homer of the season but first in two weeks.
mpuma@nypost.com
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