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Culberson's pinch-hit, two-run homer in 9th gives Braves win

ATLANTA (AP) -- Charlie Culberson had a good feeling after he fouled off a couple of pitches from Seth Lugo.

''When you get a pinch-hit at-bat, you have to be ready to hit, especially if it's somewhere close to the zone,'' he said. ''Luckily enough I got one over the plate and put a good swing on it.''

Culberson's pinch-hit, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday.

Lugo (1-1) gave up Nick Markakis' sacrifice fly in the eighth and walked Johan Camargo to begin the ninth before Culberson took him deep.