NEW YORK -- Wearing their battleship gray uniforms suitable for cleaning up attics, the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks swept away the defending NL champion New York Mets.Arizona rattled Noah Syndergaard with four more stolen bases, then broke open the game in a six-run sixth inning that included Chris Owings bases-loaded triple and rolled to a 9-0 rout on Thursday that completed a three-game sweep.The Diamondbacks were a band on the run with 13 stolen bases in the series -- one shy of Baltimores season total.Weve been on defense when other teams do it. You just start to get frustrated, said Paul Goldschmidt, who reached base five times and swiped second and third in the fifth inning.Braden Shipley (2-1), making his fourth big league start, pitched three-hit ball over seven innings, struck out seven and walked one. Zack Godley and Dominic Leone finished the five-hitter.Arizona set a franchise record for steals in a series, topping its 10 in a four-game set against Miami in 2009. In the fourth inning, Socrates Brito swiped third and Shipley later stole second without a throw.Maybe not the smartest decision sliding headfirst, Shipley said. It was just kind of instinctual for me.Runners have swiped 36 bases in 40 tries against Syndergaard this year and are 51 for 56 against him in his career, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Mets have allowed a big league-high 102 steals, including 20 off rookie Steven Matz, who is second behind Syndergaard.Its real easy for the baserunners to predict when Im going to home and when Im going to able to pick off. Its really mechanical, Syndergaard said.After brushing aside Syndergaard (9-7) on the humid, 93-degree afternoon, the Diamondbacks began their burst against Jon Niese with a leadoff homer by Tuffy Gosewisch, who had tripled in a run an inning earlier. Owings singled, doubled and tripled for his second straight three-hit game.Arizona has won four straight following an 8-26 slide. With its first sweep at the Mets since 2002 in Shea Stadium, the Diamondbacks improved to 29-27 on the road; they are 19-39 at home, where their retractable roof is usually closed.Some of the ballparks bode better for them, Arizona manager Chip Hale said of his pitchers. The weather, the humidity helps the guys balls move. But we have to do better. This is something thats not going to be acceptable for us. We have to play better at home.New York, which began the day 2 1/2 games back for the NLs second wild card, dropped to 10-16 since the All-Star Game and at 57-57 is down to .500 for the first time since a 7-7 mark in April.Fourteen of New Yorks last 15 batters made out, and the Mets -- missing injured Yoenis Cespedes, Lucas Duda, David Wright and Jose Reyes -- managed five runs and 17 hits in the series. They have the lowest batting average in the major leagues and were shut out for the ninth time.Syndergaard allowed three runs and eight hits -- including three doubles and a triple, dropping to 0-4 in his last six starts. Britos opposite-field double to left, Gosewischs opposite-field triple to right and Shipleys RBI single -- all over or through a drawn-in infield -- built a 3-0 lead.Manager Terry Collins held a team meeting after the game.Kind of allowed us to click the refresh button, Syndergaard said.RARE SWIPESShipley joined Arizonas Zack Greinke and San Diegos Edwin Jackson as the only pitchers with stolen bases in the major leagues this season. Shipley is the second Diamondbacks pitcher with an RBI and steal in the same game after Joe Saunders against Houston on Sept. 4, 2010. Arizona had the most steals for a team in any series since Texas swiped 13 over three games at the Los Angeles Angels from Aug. 5-7, 2013.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: Dr. Don Sheridan, the Diamondbacks orthopedic hand specialist, operated Thursday to stabilize a tendon in the left wrist of OF David Peralta, who crashed into the outfield wall in Arizona on Aug. 5. Hale said Peralta should be ready to start spring training. ... LHP Andrew Chafin (shoulder tendinitis) pitched a hitless inning for Class A Visalia on Wednesday night and could return to the Diamondbacks for Mondays homestand opener against the Mets. ... OF Yasmany Tomas (neck) missed the entire series.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: Patrick Corbin (4-11) is to start at Fenway Park, where David Price (9-8) will be on the mound for Boston. Grant Hill JerseyMaurice Harkless Jersey .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. 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AUBURN, Ala. -- Despite the elation Auburn felt after toppling LSU a week ago, there were still some potentially dangerous problems lurking under the surface.Auburn (3-2) had failed to score a touchdown in any of its six trips to the red zone, and head coach Gus Malzhan yearned to give his receivers more vertical routes to try and take the top off the defense.Against Louisiana-Monroe (1-3), both of those boxes were checked off. Auburn dominated the Warhawks Saturday 58-7 to notch its third win of the year and end the season-opening five-game homestand on a high note.Sean White threw for 239 yards and a pair of touchdowns, both of which were 48-yard deep balls on play-action routes. The first went to freshman Kyle Davis, and the second to senior Tony Stevens for his fifth-career scoring catch.We talked about that two weeks ago, that we need to give our guys more chances down the field, Malzahn said. Thats been kind of an emphasis, and we did that today. Hit a couple, one I think was a pass interference, came close on another. But you gotta take chances down the field, its good. I think we had two of our freshmen catch touchdowns, all on deep balls.Kerryon Johnson spearheaded Auburns rushing attack, accounting for 146 of the Tigers 410 yards on the ground. Auburn outgained Louisiana-Monroe in total yards 688-251, the fourth-most in school history.White ended the day going 14 of 17 for 239 yards before giving way to backup John Franklin III midway through the third quarter and Auburn leading 42-7. Franklin scored his first touchdown at Auburn two plays later, racing 80 yards untouched on a read option. He addeed his first-career scoring pass a drive later, dropping a perfectly thrown 39-yard pass to freshman Nate Craig-Myers in the end zone.ddddddddddddAny touchdown is a pretty touchdown to me, Franklin said. It was definitely a nice pass to Nate (Craig-Myers). He got open and made it easier for me to drop it in. I was just thinking, `Dont miss this touchdown. Its too easy right now.The Warhawks only score came as time expired in the first half, a 2-yard pass to Marcus Green that got Louisiana-Monroe within 28-7.I just told them we have to bounce back, said Louisiana-Monroe head coach Matt Viator. We win and lose as a team. They beat all of us -- players and coaches, everybody. They outplayed us and outcoached us, so thats just the way it is. We all have to learn from it and get better.THE TAKEAWAYAUBURN: The red zone issues that plagued Auburn against LSU were nearly nonexistent. The Tigers scored touchdowns on four out of the five trips inside the 20, and the only trip they didnt score on came from the backups with less than a minute remaining.LOUISIANA-MONROE: The Warhawks dropped their third consecutive game, but will get a chance to right themselves against Idaho on a more level playing field.FIRST-DOWN FRENZYAuburns 36 first downs are the most since 2002 when the Tigers picked up 37 against Western Carolina, and three short of the school record.UP NEXTAUBURN: Travels to Starkville to play Mississippi State next Saturday.LOUISIANA-MONROE: Returns home to host Idaho next Saturday. ' ' '