"They may be baby steps, but slumping left fielder Jason Bay is slowly showing signs of breaking out of his season-long funk.

Bay went 2-for-4 with an RBI, run scored and a stolen base during the Mets' 6-1 victory over the Angels last night at Citi Field. He is batting .412 over the modest four-game hit streak he's riding.

"It felt great. I've been battling this whole time and these last four games I finally feel like I have some momentum, something to build on whereas I'd been searching," Bay said, who raised his average .228. "The last four games feel real good. I come to the ballpark excited that I'm trying to hone something instead of trying to find something."

Bay has hit .333 over his last seven games, since manager Terry Collins sat him for back-to-back games on June 9 and 10."