ATLANTA — Kelly Johnson's pinch-hit grand slam broke open a close game and the Atlanta Braves overcame a rare call reversal by the umpires and beat the New York Mets 11-5 today.

Johnson, the regular second baseman, didn't start for the third straight game due to his sore right knee. With two outs in the seventh and the Braves leading 5-3, Johnson pulled a 3-2 pitch from Jorge Sosa into the right-field seats for his second career grand slam.

Tim Hudson (1-0) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings to beat John Maine (0-1), who allowed four runs in four innings.

Jeff Francoeur had three hits, including a two-run double off Nelson Figueroa in the eighth, and drove in three runs. Chipper Jones also had three hits for Atlanta.

The Braves led 4-1 in the fifth when the umpires initially ruled Jose Reyes hit into an inning-ending fly ball double play with the bases loaded. Replays showed the ball bounced before center fielder Mark Kotsay dove and trapped it.

Mets manager Willie Randolph argued the call. With Braves players already off the field, the umpires huddled and eventually credited Reyes with a run-scoring single.

On the play, baserunner Angel Pagan rounded third and ran past Ryan Church, who stayed near the third-base bag when he saw third base umpire Bruce Dreckman make the initial out call.

Braves manager Bobby Cox subsequently argued that Pagan should be called out, but the umpires decided to award each runner one base.

The Mets added another run in the inning on Luis Castillo's groundout, cutting the lead to 4-3 before David Wright grounded out to end the inning.

Francoeur and Matt Diaz had run-scoring singles off Maine in Atlanta's two-run third inning.