Flushing, NY -- (Sports Network) - Jose Reyes drove in two runs and Tom Glavine threw six shutout innings, as the New York Mets took a commanding lead in their National League Division Series with 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Shea Stadium.

Endy Chavez had two hits and scored once for the Mets, who hold a commanding 2-0 advantage in the best-of-five set.

The Mets, in the playoffs for the first time since 2000 when they reached the World Series before losing to the Yankees, squeaked out a 6-5 victory Wednesday, and they made the most of their opportunities in Game 2 while holding the Dodgers to five hits.

"We did the little things tonight and that's what we need to do," Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca said. "We know we can score a lot of runs. Some nights when you have tough pitchers out there, you have to do the little things and that's what we did tonight."

Despite losing two of their top pitchers to injuries in Pedro Martinez and Orlando Hernandez, the Mets are on the cusp of advancing to the NLCS and can make that a reality with a victory in Game 3 Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (et) at Dodger Stadium. Steve Trachsel will start for the Mets, while Greg Maddux will head to the mound for Los Angeles.

"Greg is going to have a great plan when he takes the mound, and he's one of those pitchers that can take this great plan and put it into effect," Dodgers manager Grady Little said. "Hopefully, he'll be able to do that on Saturday."

Glavine (1-0), a two-time Cy Young Award winner and Maddux's former teammate, allowed four hits, walked two and struck out a pair of batters. The left- hander, pitching in the postseason for the first time since 2002 with Atlanta, is 13-15 in 33 postseason starts.

"I don't pay attention a whole lot to what my numbers are," Glavine said. "Maybe you can make the argument that my numbers aren't that great, but I know I've lost a lot of close games in the postseason. Looking back over my postseason career, I'll be the first to sit here and tell you I probably had four or five games that were awful. But the rest of them have been pretty good, to the point where at least I've gone out there and given my team a chance to win."

Pedro Feliciano threw the seventh inning and Aaron Heilman tossed the eighth, while Billy Wagner closed it out for his second save of the series.

Hong-Chih Kuo (0-1) surrendered four hits and two runs over 4 1/3 innings in defeat.

The Dodgers, who have lost 11 of their last 12 playoff games, had 11 hits in the opener, but were handcuffed on Thursday. Jeff Kent had two hits and Wilson Betemit homered for Los Angeles.

Down 2-0, the Dodgers nearly escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the sixth, but a failed double-play kept the inning alive for the Mets and it turned into a two-run frame. David Wright and Cliff Floyd singled and pitcher Brett Tomko threw late to first base on a bunt from Jose Valentin to load the bases. Mark Hendrickson then induced Chavez to ground back to the mound for a force at home.

That set the stage for pinch-hitter Julio Franco, who grounded a ball toward shortstop, but the Dodgers failed to turn the twin-killing, as the 48-year-old Franco narrowly beat the throw to first base for a 3-0 margin. Reyes then singled up the middle to drive in Valentin to extend the lead for the NL East champions.

"He tends to have a little bit extra every once in a while," Mets manager Willie Randolph said of Franco. "He's stolen a few bases for us this year. It's amazing how he competes."

Betemit homered to center field off Heilman with one out in the eighth, but he was the last Dodger to reach base.

The Mets manufactured their first run in the third. Chavez led off with a bunt single, advanced to second on a wild pitch, to third on a Glavine groundout and then scored on Reyes' groundout when shortstop Rafael Furcal bobbled the ball before barely getting the runner at first.

Los Angeles had runners at first and second in the next inning, but Russell Martin swung at a 3-0 pitch and flied out to right-center field for the final out.

The Dodgers had runners at the corners in the fifth, but Kenny Lofton broke his bat and grounded out to second to squash that rally.

Lo Duca's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth made it 2-0. Valentin walked and Chavez singled before both runners advanced on a bunt by Glavine. Reyes was intentionally walked before Lo Duca lifted a fly ball to left off Brett Tomko.

Dodgers first baseman Nomar Garciaparra was lifted in the sixth inning after aggravating a quadriceps injury.

"Today he strained his quad, the same injury he's been operating with for the last two or three weeks," Little said. "He's trying to get through it, and it's very difficult. But we'll check him again tomorrow and see how he is."

Game Notes

The Mets improved to 6-0 all-time at home in the Division Series...Martinez underwent right rotator cuff surgery Thursday and is expected to be sidelined up to eight months.