PHOENIX — The New York Mets are looking as good on the field as they did on paper when they made all those offseason moves. Steve Trachsel pitched into the seventh inning, and Jeromy Burnitz hit a three-run homer as the Mets won their sixth in a row with a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

        Joe McEwing was 2-for-3 with an RBI triple for the Mets, who have outscored the Diamondbacks 17-2 and outhit them 28-6 in the first two games of the series.

        “I think we're coming together as a team,” McEwing said. “But it takes time when you have the turnover like we had. The guys get to know each other. The road's important for that. We spend a lot of time together and get to know each other's personality.”

        Because of a lower back strain, Randy Johnson, 6-0 in April, missed a scheduled start for the first time in nearly two years. His replacement, Todd Stottlemyre, allowed six runs on nine hits in just 3 1-3 innings.

        Stottlemyre (0-2) is still looking for his first victory after missing all of last season with a nerve problem in his shoulder.

        “I've had times where I've gotten into a rhythm and pitched some good innings,” Stottlemyre said, “but from start to finish in a game, it really hasn't happened yet, so it's been tough.”

        Trachsel (2-3), who also had an RBI single, held Arizona without a hit until Danny Bautista led off the fourth with the first of his two singles. The right-hander allowed one run and three hits in 6 2-3 innings.

        Trachsel walked seven — two each in the fifth and sixth innings — but the Diamondbacks could manage just one run, stranding eight runners, six in scoring position.

        “We had some chances with some walks and stuff,” Arizona's Craig Counsell said, “but you get three hits, you're not going to put much offense together. We've got to get more hits. It's as simple as that.”

        Arizona scored in the seventh when Counsell doubled and Tony Womack walked. Bautista's two-out single up the middle drove in Counsell. Left-hander Mark Guthrie relieved Trachsel, and Luis Gonzalez ran his batting slump to 0-for-15 by hitting into a fielder's choice.

        “It's looking good,” Mets manager Bobby Valentine said.

        As was the case in their 10-1 victory in the series opener Tuesday, the Mets jumped on the Diamondbacks in the first inning.

        With two outs and a runner on first, Mike Piazza walked, then Edgardo Alfonzo followed with an RBI single. Burnitz hit Stottlemyre's 3-2 pitch just inside the right-field foul pole and just over the glove of the leaping Bautista to make it 4-0.

        “He just hung his changeup,” Burnitz said, “left it up and I hit it good enough to get it down the line just enough.”

        It was Burnitz's sixth homer of the season.

        “It's all momentum,” said Burnitz, one of the newcomers. “You get up early and you can definitely relax and basically coast through the rest of the game.”

        New York scored two more in the third when McEwing tripled in a run, then scored on Trachsel's single. Roberto Alomar and John Valentin singled to load the bases with one out. Brian Anderson relieved Stottlemyre and fielded Mo Vaughn's hard grounder up the middle and converted an inning-ending double play.

        Notes: The Diamondbacks lost a series for only the second time this year. ... Anderson will start Saturday if Johnson doesn't. ... New York has scored 25 runs in its last three games. ... Stottlemyre slammed both water coolers to the floor in the dugout after the Mets' four-run first inning. ... Piazza singled in the fifth to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. ... The Diamondbacks stole three bases in three attempts.

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