The Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 5-3 on Tuesday night behind two home runs.  Chipper Jones and Mark Kotsay went deep in the third and fourth innings to provide most of the offense for the Braves.

Jones and Kostay both finished with two RBI in the game.  Gregor Blanco had a RBI double in the second inning as well.

Jair Jurrjens improved to 4-2 on the season as he pitched seven innings to pick up the win.  Jurrjens allowed seven hits but only run scored off of him.  Will Ohman gave up the other two runs in the game as he pitched one inning.

The Braves moved one game over .500 with the win as their record now stands at 16-15.

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The Atlanta Braves got a big win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday allowing only five hits and one run with a 6-1 final score.  This puts Atlanta at a split 9-9 for the season and this is the fourth game in a row they have won including the three game sweep against the Dodgers.

Jair Jurrjens in now 2-2 for the year with the win over the Dodgers on Sunday.  He pitched a full seven innings giving up only 3 hits and 1 run.  Blaine Boyer and Will Ohman were brought in to the close out the night.

Kelly Johnson hit his 3rd home run of the year and Mark Teixeira hit his 4th home run as well.  Martin Prado and Mark Kotsay were also able to get and RBI each. 

The Braves will welcome the Nationals at home in Atlanta on Monday to start a 2 game series.  Do you think they can stretch the winning streak to 5?

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The Atlanta Braves destroyed the Flordia Marlins by the score of 8-0 on Thursday night.  Chipper Jones hit two home runs, Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann also hit home runs for the Braves.  Jones, Teixeira, and McCann went back-to-back-to-back in the fifth inning to blow the game wide open.

John Smoltz pitched five innings and only allowed three hits to pick up the win.  Will Ohman, Chris Resop, Manny Acosta, and Buddy Carlyle pitched the final four innings of the game without giving up a hit.   Great job by all the pitchers to limit the Marlins to only three hits on the night.

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