ATLANTA – Marcus Giles hit a three-run homer, Rafael Furcal had a bases-loaded triple, and the Atlanta Braves caught a big break in the eighth inning of an 8-6 victory over the Mets last night.

Bouncing back from a dismal road trip, the Braves kept their lead when David Wright was called out for sliding too far out of the baseline while trying to break up a double play. Two runs scored as Furcal’s relay throw deflected off the glove of pitcher Chris Reitsma, who was covering first. The scoreboard even showed the game tied at 7.

But second base umpire Jeff Nelson signaled a double play because of Wright’s wide slide into Furcal. Television replays backed up the call, showing Wright sliding late and at least three feet wide of the bag in an attempt to disrupt Furcal.

Wright argued the call vehemently, getting tossed when he threw his helmet. He homered and drove in three runs, but it’s been a rough couple of days for the Mets’ young third baseman.

On Sunday, his eighth-inning error opened the door for the Yankees to rally for a 5-3 win over their crosstown rivals.

“I feel like it was a really close play,” Wright said. “It was a tough call to make in that situation.”

Mets manager Willie Randolph contended that the slide had nothing to do with Furcal’s errant throw. Naturally, the Braves’ shortstop disagreed.

“I was three steps over and he slid into me,” Furcal said. “I made a high throw and the umpire called it right away. It was a good call.”

Horacio Ramirez (3-3) pitched seven innings and drew a bases-loaded walk that sparked the Braves. Dan Kolb, briefly demoted from the closer’s job last week after several poor outings, was booed when he came on in the ninth but managed his 11th save in 14 chances.

Kolb gave up a leadoff homer to Chris Woodward, then struck out Mike Cameron with runners at second and third to end it. Kolb got all three outs on strikeouts.

Kazuhisa Ishii retired the first five Atlanta hitters before running into two-out trouble in the second. Raul Mondesi and Brayan Pena hit back-to-back singles, each moving up a base on Wright’s wild throw into the Atlanta dugout for an error.

The Mets decided to walk Wilson Betemit intentionally, hoping to get out of the mess against Ramirez. But Ishii (0-3) fell behind with three straight balls, and just missed the inside corner with a 3-2 pitch.

Ishii ran the count full on Furcal, as well – and would have been better off throwing another ball. Instead, he left a pitch over the plate that Furcal lined to the wall in right-center, clearing the bases to give the Braves a 4-1 lead.

Cameron homered in the fourth as the Mets pulled to 4-3, but Giles restored a comfortable margin in the bottom half. Again, Ishii couldn’t make the key two-out pitch. With two runners aboard, Giles lined a 2-0 pitch into the right-field seats for just his second homer of the season.

Ishii lasted only four innings, giving up seven hits and seven runs. The Braves added an unearned run off Mike DeJean in the eighth.

Wright homered in the second to go along with an RBI single and a bases loaded walk. But the Braves managed to get back on track after a 4-8 road trip.

Mets catcher Mike Piazza was rested. He struck out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. Centerfielder Carlos Beltran was still out with a strained quadriceps.