MET NOTES

ATLANTA – Yesterday morning, Cliff Floyd sang a never-released remix of “Love Train.”

“People all over the world – help me get some [doggone] hits,” Floyd crooned before heading to the indoor cage. The Mets slugger had a terrible April at the plate, hitting .195. It was a total reversal from last April, when he batted a scorching .366 with six homers and 21 RBIs.

Floyd, 3-for-27 in his previous seven games, finished 2-for-5 in yesterday’s 8-5 loss to the Braves. About 10 minutes after the game, he was in front of a laptop breaking down video.

“I’ve got a long ways to go,” Floyd said. “I’m glad this month is over.”

In the second inning, he smashed a deep drive to the track in center that Andruw Jones ran down. In the third, he singled sharply to center to tie the game at 3-3.

Floyd flied out to right in the fifth and grounded into a fielder’s choice in the eighth. In the ninth, he chopped an infield single off the plate. It was a rare break for him.

Willie Randolph said Floyd is “ultra-aggressive” but isn’t overly concerned.

Said Randolph, “Hopefully, when some other guys cool off – and they will – Cliff will heat up and he’ll be able to pick up some of the burden.”

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When Carlos Beltran ran from first to second on defensive indifference in the ninth, he said, “It felt like I was pulling a truck.”

When Beltran, on the mend from a right hamstring strain, tracked down Edgar Renteria‘s deep flyout to end the fifth, it didn’t seem like he was in fifth gear.

“Defensively I feel a little bit off,” Beltran said. “It gets stiff a little bit. There’s no pain, so that’s a good thing.

“The way I run, I feel like I’m compensating. I don’t feel I’m letting everything go.”