PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Mike Piazza homered for the second consecutive day in new PNC Park and Glendon Rusch continued New York's strong spring pitching in the Mets' 3-2 victory Sunday over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Mets won both games in the weekend exhibition series that served as PNC Park's trial run before the Pirates' home opener April 9 against Cincinnati.

Despite Piazza's two homers in as many days and Aramis Ramirez's two-run shot Sunday for the Pirates, Pittsburgh manager Lloyd McClendon doesn't expect the ball to carry well in PNC Park until the weather warms up.

``When that happens, the ball will probably start jumping here,'' McClendon said.

Piazza's third homer of the spring came in the first inning off Omar Olivares, who was making his first start for Pittsburgh since being traded by Oakland.

The homer accounted for the only runs off Olivares, who allowed two hits and two runs and walked two in six innings. With three Pirates starters currently injured, he will be their No. 4 starter for at least the first month of the season.

``I like this ballpark a lot. The grass is high, so I have to keep the ball down and get a lot of ground balls,'' said Olivares, a 15-game winner for the Athletics two years ago.

That certainly worked for Rusch, who gave up three hits and struck out three in four shutout innings in his final spring tuneup. The Mets have gotten excellent starting pitching all spring, with Al Leiter, Kevin Appier, Rusch, Rick Reed and Steve Trachsel combining to go 12-1 with a 2.16 ERA.

``I think that, No. 1 through 5, honestly, our depth is as good as any staff,'' Leiter said.

Ramirez's homer just inside the left field foul pole in the sixth inning came off reliever Joe Crawford and made it 2-2.

Despite allowing the homer, Crawford became the winning pitcher after the Mets retook the lead in the seventh. Rey Ordonez's run-scoring grounder followed Edgardo Alfonzo's single and Benny Agbayani's double off Jose Silva.

Both teams are off Monday before opening Tuesday against teams that play Monday. The Pirates play at Cincinnati a day after the Reds open against the Braves, who return to Atlanta to play the Mets on Tuesday.

New York went 12-2-2 in its final 16 spring games.

``The overall health was good, the overall performance was good,'' manager Bobby Valentine said. ``I'm happy with everything that was accomplished. I think we're ready for the season.''

Notes: The Pirates finished 1-6-1 for their first losing spring training (12-16-1) since 1998. ... Ramirez scored an NL-high 21 runs this spring. ... Piazza, a career .380 hitter in Pittsburgh, went 3-for-6 with two homers, a double and three RBIs in the two games in PNC Park.