Mets sweep Braves

ATLANTA -- Tom Glavine allowed himself just a “fleeting 15 seconds” Sunday to consider his past in Atlanta and his future in baseball.

“During the course of the game I thought this could be the last time I pitch here,” said Glavine, who has said he hasn’t decided whether he will retire after the season.

A long-awaited victory over longtime teammate and friend John Smoltz, in the midst of a playoff run, could be a fitting Atlanta finale for Glavine.

Backed by David Wright’s two-run homer, Glavine won for the first time in four tries this season against Smoltz, beating Atlanta, 3-2, as the Mets completed a three-game sweep.

New York, which dropped four consecutive in Philadelphia and led the Phillies by only two games before this series, recovered to push the NL East lead back to four games.

The sweep dropped the Braves 7 1/2 games behind the Mets, their largest deficit of the season. The Braves have lost nine of 12 and are 22-26 since the All-Star break.