ATLANTA _ Before Saturday's game at Dodger Stadium, Braves slugger Freddie Freeman was talking about Ozzie Albies' slump and how sure Freeman and other Braves were that Albies would come out of it soon.
Albies homered the next day Sunday and so did Freeman, but they were out-homered by the slugging Dodgers in a 7-2 loss to end a road trip.
After an off day Monday, Freeman and Albies did it again Tuesday night, but this time their sixth-inning homers _ including an Albies grand slam _ were more than enough to propel the Braves to an 8-2 win against the Mets to start a two-game series at SunTrust Park.
Mike Foltynewicz pitched five scoreless innings of two-hit ball for the Braves before leaving with triceps tightness in his pitching arm.
The Braves trailed 2-1 before the sixth inning, when Freeman led off with a homer against starter Zack Wheeler and Albies capped a six-run inning with a grand slam off right-hander Paul Sewald.
It was the second grand slam of his career and the season for Albies, who hit one May 10 against Marlins right-hander Drew Steckenrider.
He hit it with two out Tuesday on a 1-1, 90-mph fastball from Sewald. He had just replaced Wheeler after the Georgia native walked Charlie Culberson and Preston Tucker consecutively to load the bases following Ender Inciarte's RBI single that gave the Braves a 3-2 lead.
Freeman's homer off Wheeler was his 13th of the season and fourth in six games.
Albies' homer was his 16th, but before Sunday he had batted .162 with a .431 OPS in 74 at-bats during a 17-game homerless streak since May 23.
"Ozzie's obviously not playing the way he played in the beginning, but he goes up there and you still think he's going to get a hit or a home run every single time," Freeman said Saturday. "That's just how you feel, and that's the confidence that we have in him. We know he's going to get right back on it. ... Once Ozzie gets going, he'll be fine."
