NEW YORK --- Jair Jurrjens dominated a feeble New York Mets lineup again and Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single, sending the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory Tuesday night.

The surging Braves kept up their late playoff charge, though their chances for a postseason spot are slim.

Atlanta began the day five games behind Colorado for the NL wild card.

In the NL East, the Braves are 71 back of first-place Philadelphia, which split a doubleheader on Tuesday.

Atlanta, which has won six consecutive road games and 10 of 12 overall, lost All-Star catcher Brian McCann to a bruised left wrist in the fourth.

He was replaced by David Ross.

Escobar singled with two outs in the fourth off hard-luck loser Nelson Figueroa (2-7), who allowed only two hits while throwing 126 pitches in seven innings.

Escobar also doubled leading off the ninth against Francisco Rodriguez and scored on Adam LaRoche's single to make it 3-1.

Braves setup man Peter Moylan worked a scoreless eighth inning and Rafael Soriano struck out three in a hitless ninth for his 25th save.

Moylan, making his 82nd appearance of the season, walked Luis Castillo with one out. Castillo advanced on David Wright's groundout before Carlos Beltran flied out on a 3-0 pitch, preserving Atlanta's one-run lead.

Jurrjens (13-10) tossed seven innings of five-hit ball to beat Figueroa for the second time in six days.