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Franco homers, doubles, Phillies beat Mets 6-4; Familia back

NEW YORK -- Maikel Franco homered and doubled while breaking the longest hitless streak of his big league career, and the Philadelphia Phillies capitalized on an error by untested first baseman Jay Bruce to beat the short-handed New York Mets 6-4 Thursday night.

Mets closer Jeurys Familia struck out two and walked two in a hitless ninth inning of his season debut after serving a 15-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. The home crowd cheered as he jogged in from the bullpen -- Familia led the majors with a team-record 51 saves last year.