MLB roundup: Braves sweep past Dodgers

ATLANTA — Jair Jurrjens pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, Mark Teixeira homered and the Atlanta Braves beat Los Angeles 6-1 Sunday for their first sweep of the Dodgers in eight years.

The Braves gave up a total of three runs in defeating the Dodgers three times. Atlanta's last sweep over Los Angeles came in a three-game set in April 2000.

Atlanta won its fourth in a row overall despite losing third baseman Chipper Jones because of a strained right quadriceps. He originally hurt himself April 9 at Colorado.

Jones extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a third-inning single and doubled in the fifth. He slid late into second base and was slow to return to his feet.

Braves manager Bobby Cox said Jones is questionable for Monday night's game against Washington but said the injury is "nothing that's going to have him out any length at all."

PHILLIES 5, METS 4: At Philadelphia, Chase Utley hit two home runs and Pedro Feliz added a tiebreaking pinch-hit homer in the seventh to help Philadelphia avoid a sweep. Utley went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs and the Phillies won the finale of the three-game series and ended Philadelphia's four-game losing streak against the Mets.

CUBS 13, PIRATES 6: At Chicago, Aramis Ramirez tied a career-high with four hits, including a two-run homer, and Chicago beat the Pirates to complete its second three-game sweep of them this season. Ryan Theriot added four hits, scored three runs and drove in two as Chicago won for the 11th time in 14 games.

REDS 4, BREWERS 3 (10): At Cincinnati, Edwin Encarnacion and Paul Bako hit consecutive homers off Eric Gagne in the 10th inning, and Ken Griffey Jr. followed with a run-scoring single for Cincinnati. The Reds won for only the second time in their last nine games.

ASTROS 6, COLORADO 4: At Houston, Kaz Matsui hit a two-run single in the eighth inning against his former team, helping Houston ended a three-game losing streak. Hunter Pence led off the eighth with a single and Mark Loretta walked against reliever Brian Fuentes (0-1), who allowed a run for the first time in 10 appearances this season. Both runners moved up on an infield out to set up Matsui's hit.

GIANTS 8, CARDINALS 2: At St. Louis, Bengie Molina hit three doubles and drove in three runs, and San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis to win the season series 4-3. John Bowker hit his third career home run, all against the Cardinals, and Aaron Rowand drove in two runs as the Giants handed St. Louis its first series loss of the season.