PHILADELPHIA – Back in a hitter friendly park against a familiar opponent, the Mets’ offense thrived. Doug Mientkiewicz and Brian Daubach homered, leading the Mets to an 8-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies last night.

Pat Burrell hit a two run homer for Philadelphia, which has lost five of seven after a 12-1 homestand.

Jose Reyes had three hits and Carlos Beltran drove in two runs for the last place Mets, who had lost three straight and nine of 11. New York went 2-7 against the AL West, averaging just three runs per game.

“It’s a different game, a different focus,” Willie Randolph said. “We need to play well within our division.”

Kris Benson (6-2) gave up five runs – four earned – and nine hits in six innings. Royce Ring pitched a perfect seventh. Roberto Hernandez worked the eighth and Braden Looper finished for his 14th save in 16 chances.

Brett Myers allowed six runs and 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings, his worst outing of the season. Myers (5-4) had allowed three runs or less in 12 of his first 14 starts. His ERA rose from 2.19 to 2.66.

“They came out swinging the bats,” Myers said. “They were aggressive.”

Mientkiewicz led off the eighth with a solo shot off Ugueth Urbina to give the Mets a 7-5 lead. Daubach’s pinch-hit homer came off Urbina one out later.

“In this park, we know five runs isn’t enough,” Mientkiewicz said. “At 6-5, we didn’t feel good.”

The Phillies closed to 6-5 in the fourth after a two-out rally sparked by reliever Aaron Fultz’s single. Fultz advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on Jimmy Rollins’s single. Rollins went to second on a throwing error by Mientkiewicz and scored on Kenny Lofton’s double.

“He let down a little bit,” Randolph said of Benson. “You have to stay focused and not allow a pitcher to start a rally like that.”

Burrell’s two-run shot into the left center seats cut it to 5-3 in the third.

But the Mets chased Myers in the fourth with another run. Reyes tripled with one out. David Wright walked and Beltran followed with an RBI single to make it 6-3.

An RBI single by Victor Diaz scored Mientkiewicz, who doubled to start the second, to give the Mets a 2-1 lead. Consecutive two-out RBI doubles by Wright and Beltran, and Cliff Floyd’s run-scoring single put the Mets ahead 5-1.

Reyes beat out a grounder to shortstop to start the game, stole second, moved to third on a groundout, and scored on a balk for a 1-0 Mets lead.

Jim Thome’s RBI single in the first tied it at one.