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ARI@NYM: Davis' two-run shot is reviewed, upheld

NEW YORK -- For six innings, the Mets' quiet bats appeared as if they would leave Mike Pelfrey unrewarded for his best start of the season. But a two-run Ike Davis homer in the seventh -- aided by an instant-replay review -- made a winner of Pelfrey and the Mets in a 4-1 victory over the D-backs on Friday.

With one out and his team trailing, 1-0, Davis blasted an Esmerling Vasquez pitch off the wall in center field. First-base umpire Todd Tichenor initially ruled the ball a double. After the umpires huddled briefly on the field, a look at the replay showed that the ball hit above the orange line that serves as the home run boundary.

Davis' double-turned-homer was the Mets' first hit since the second inning. The replay review took one minute, 40 seconds.

The two-run shot made sure Pelfrey (1-2) had something to show for his seven-inning, one-run performance. After entering the game with a 9.72 ERA and averaging barely more than four innings a start, Pelfrey walked two and struck out four.

Before Davis' homer, the Mets' offense didn't manage much against Arizona starter Joe Saunders. The left-hander entered the game with a 6.32 ERA, but worked into the seventh. He left after walking Wright to start the seventh inning.

Pelfrey worked around trouble for most of his evening. In the first inning, Arizona had runners on first and third and none out, but Pelfrey emerged unscathed. The righthy avoided trouble after a leadoff double in the second, and after allowing a run on back-to-back one-out doubles in the third, stranded Justin Upton at second base. After Russell Branyan doubled with one out in the fourth, Pelfrey settled down and retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced. He required only 37 pitches in his final three innings.

Jason Isringhausen worked a perfect eighth and Francisco Rodriguez finished the D-backs off in the ninth as the Mets won consecutive games for the first time since the season's first week.

Thomas Boorstein is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.