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Atlanta 10, at San Diego 5: Chipper Jones hit a two-run home run to give him an extra-base hit in 14 consecutive games, tying a 79-year-old major league record, and the Braves completed a three-game sweep. Jones matched the mark of Pittsburgh’s Paul Waner in 1927.

Philadelphia 6, at San Francisco 2: David Bell hit a tying home run in the seventh and had a run-scoring triple in a four-run eighth inning for the Phillies. Barry Bonds hit his 721st homer for the Giants.

at Cincinnati 6, Colorado 4: Rich Aurilia’s pinch-hit, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning helped the Reds complete a four-game sweep of the Rockies, who suffered their seventh consecutive loss.

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Milwaukee 10, at Arizona 5: Geoff Jenkins, Prince Fielder and Corey Hart homered for the Brewers, who ended a losing streak at five games and stopped the Diamondbacks’ winning streak at five.

at Florida 9, Houston 3: Hanley Ramirez and Wes Helms each homered and drove in three runs to help the Marlins salvage a split of the four-game series.

Washington 8, at Pittsburgh 4: Nick Johnson drove in two runs with a tiebreaking double in the 11th inning and the Nationals ended a losing streak at five games.

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