Braves down Phils; move closer to Mets in NL East

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08/12/2007 - Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kelly Johnson homered and drove in three as the Atlanta Braves held off the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-5, in the second of a three-game set.

Willie Harris and Jeff Francoeur each collected two hits and scored twice, and Francoeur added a solo homer for the Braves, who have won five of seven and leapfrogged the Phillies back into second place in the NL East, 2 1/2 games behind the New York Mets. The Mets lost to the Marlins, 7-5, on Saturday.

Braves starter Lance Cormier was tagged for seven hits and four runs in four- plus innings. Ron Mahay (3-0) tossed a scoreless inning of relief. Bob Wickman picked up his 19th save.

Struggling Phillies starter Adam Eaton (9-8) was ripped for eight hits and six runs in three-plus innings. Jimmy Rollins and Aaron Rowand homered for the Phils, who battled back from the early hole that Eaton dug for them, but still fell for the second time in three games.

Atlanta took the early lead with a Chipper Jones sacrifice fly in the first, and took a four-run lead in the third. Eaton ran into trouble with two outs, giving up a double to Harris and Johnson's 13th homer of the season, a blast to right. Chipper Jones followed with a triple down the line in left, and then Mark Teixeira tripled to left-center on a ball that bounced off the glove of Pat Burrell, putting the Braves up 4-0.

Rollins got one run right back for the Phils, hitting his 21st homer of the season, a solo shot to right with one out in the third.

Eaton couldn't keep the deficit to three, though, giving up a leadoff blast to Francoeur in the fourth and singles to Andruw Jones and Yunel Escobar, ending his night. Johnson came through with a two-out single to center, padding the Atlanta lead to 6-1.

The Phillies climbed back into the game with three runs in the fifth. Chris Coste and pinch-hitter Chris Roberson hit consecutive singles, and Rollins walked. Tadahito Iguchi doubled down the line in right, plating two runs, and Burrell singled to right, scoring another run and chasing Cormier. Mahay came out of the bullpen and, with runners at the corners and no outs, struck out Ryan Howard and Rowand before getting Greg Dobbs to ground out to end the inning.

The Braves added an insurance run in the eighth on Andruw Jones' RBI double off the wall in right-center. The Phillies pulled back to within two runs on Rowand's solo homer to right with one out in the eighth.

Game Notes

Eaton's NL-worst earned run average ballooned to 6.36...Teixeira has 12 RBI as a Brave, driving in a run in eight of his 10 games with Atlanta...Phillies catcher Coste went 2-for-4 and scored a run...Howard went 0-for-4 and left four men on base. Since a two-homer game against Florida on Tuesday, Howard has gone 2-for-13.

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