ATLANTA — Braves slugger Chipper Jones hit his 400th career home run Thursday night and finished with four hits in Atlanta’s 7-5 victory over the Florida Marlins, raising his major league-leading batting average to .418.
Jones came out of the dugout for a curtain call as fans cheered his milestone homer in the sixth inning. He became the third switch-hitter to reach 400 home runs, following Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle (536) and Eddie Murray (504).
Brian McCann and Yunel Escobar also went deep, all three homers coming off Ricky Nolasco (5-4). He gave up 11 hits and seven runs in 5 2/3 innings after winning four straight.
Jair Jurrjens (6-3) gave up a season-high 11 hits and five runs in six innings but won as the Braves rallied from a 5-3 deficit. Jurrjens escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth when Nolasco hit into a double play.
Phillies 5, Reds 0
PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels pitched a three-hitter for his second career shutout and the Phillies took advantage of two dropped balls to beat the Reds.
Ken Griffey Jr. remained one shy of 600 home runs, going 1-for-4 in his first start in four games. Junior hit a double off the wall in left-center, grounded out twice and hit a deep drive to center field leading off the ninth.
A sellout crowd gave Griffey a standing ovation as he headed back to the dugout after his long out. Griffey tipped his hat and waved to the fans. He also dropped a ball in right that led to a pair of unearned runs against Homer Bailey (0-1).
Geoff Jenkins hit a solo shot for the NL East-leading Phillies, who won for the ninth time in 11 games. Hamels (6-4) struck out four and walked three.
Padres 2, Mets 1
SAN DIEGO — Scott Schoeneweis hit Paul McAnulty with a pitch to drive in the winning run with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, giving San Diego the win.
Schoeneweis (0-2) hit McAnulty with a first-pitch fastball in the right shoulder to score pinch hitter Scott Hairston and give the Padres their second straight win.
Hairston led off the ninth with a walk off Schoeneweis. Brian Giles also walked, his fourth straight. Adrian Gonzalez advanced the runners on a ground out before Schoeneweis intentionally walked Kevin Kouzmanoff to load the bases for McAnulty.
Trevor Hoffman (1-4) pitched a perfect ninth for the win, completing the five-hitter.
The Mets lost for just the third time in 10 games.
Cubs 5, Dodgers 4
LOS ANGELES — Kosuke Fukudome opened the scoring with a solo homer and drove in the game-winning run against Dodgers closer Takashi Saito with one out in the ninth inning.
The Cubs have won 10 of 11 and lead the majors with a 39-22 record, their best start since 1977 when they had an identical record. They began this recent surge with a three-game sweep of the Dodgers at Wrigley Field, and are 17-3 against NL West teams.
Ryan Theriot opened the ninth with a double down the right-field line against Saito (3-2). One out later, Aramis Ramirez was hit by a pitch on the hand and manager Joe Torre argued to no avail along with catcher Russell Martin. Fukudome followed with a single to right field.
Bob Howry (2-2) earned the victory after pitching one inning. Kerry Wood escaped his own bases-loaded jam in the ninth by striking out Matt Kemp to record his 17th save in 21 chances.
Cardinals 4, Nationals 1, 1st Game
Nationals 10, Cardinals 9, 10 innings, 2nd Game
WASHINGTON — Todd Wellemeyer won his fifth straight decision, Troy Glaus hit a two-run homer and Albert Pujols the first pinch-hit homer of his career to lead St. Louis in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.
In the second game, Elijah Dukes’ two-run, 10th inning home run gave the Nationals a win.
Wellemeyer (7-1), who hasn’t lost in seven starts since April 28, allowed five hits in six innings. He struck out five, walked one and hit a batter with a pitch.
John Lannan (4-6) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings, walking four.
Dukes, who had four hits and four RBIs and finished a double shy of the cycle, homered over the center field wall to help Washington snap a four-game losing streak.
Brian Sanches (2-0) got the win despite allowing Joe Mather’s homer in the top of the 10th inning. Ryan Franklin got tagged with the loss.
Pirates 4, Astros 3
PITTSBURGH — Paul Maholm pitched eight strong innings, Jason Michaels hit a three-run homer and the Pirates beat the Astros for the second consecutive night.
Jason Bay added a run-scoring triple to break a 3-3 tie in the fifth.
The Astros have lost seven of eight, even though they scored more than two runs for the first time during the stretch, and dropped one game above .500 for the first time since May 8.
Maholm (4-5) allowed two runs and eight hits, struck out one and did not walk a batter. The left-hander retired 20 of the final 23 batters he faced.
Matt Capps allowed a pair of runners in the ninth inning before getting his 13th save.
Brandon Backe (4-7) lasted six innings, allowing all four runs on nine hits.
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