News - Chipper Jones
Jair Jurrjens pitched seven scoreless innings and Chipper Jones homered Monday to pace the Atlanta Braves to a 4-0 win over the New York Mets. Jurrjens (14-10) scattered five hits and a walk in the Braves' seventh straight victory, which kept Atlanta in the NL playoff picture.
Atlanta scored three times in the top of the 10th inning Sunday to beat Washington 6-3, capping a three-game sweep. In the pivotal inning, Brian McCann's ground out drove in the game-winner and Omar Infante delivered a two-out, two-run single. Yunel Escobar had two hits and one RBI. Two others also
Yunel Escobar's two hits and three RBI Saturday boosted Atlanta to an 11-5 rout of Washington. His two-run single was part of a four-run first. One of two hits by Brian McCann was a two-run ninth-inning homer. Chipper Jones, Garret Anderson and Adam LaRoche all had two hits and one RBI. Matt Diaz had
Chipper Jones drove in three runs with one of three Atlanta home runs Monday to power the Braves to an 11-3 win over the New York Mets. Garret Anderson had a two-run homer and Matt Diaz added a solo shot for the Braves, who scored all their runs in the first three innings.
Pedro Feliz had two hits and one RBI Sunday, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a rain-delayed 4-2 over the Atlanta Braves. The contest was one of Sunday's longest because of a rain delay of almost two hours at Atlanta's Turner Field. Feliz hit a one-out RBI single in the top of the fourth, giving Philadelphia a 3-1 lead.
