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Braves Fall To Phillies Save Email Print
Posted: 10:12 PM Jul 1, 2008
Last Updated: 10:12 PM Jul 1, 2008
Reporter: Lindsey Hall
Email Address: lindsey.hall@wtok.com

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Shane Victorino hit a home run and drove in four runs and the Phillies beat the Braves 8-3 tonight to remain unbeaten at Turner Field this season.
Pat Burrell also hit a homer for the Phillies, who improved to 6-1 against the Braves this season. They are 4-0 in Atlanta.
Chipper Jones was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks in his return after missing eight straight starts with a strained right quadriceps. Mark Kotsay came off the disabled list after missing 33 games with a lower back strain. He went 0-for-4.
Philadelphia scored five runs on eight hits in the first three innings against Braves rookie Charlie Morton.
Burrell hit a second-inning homer and Victorino added a two-run shot in the Phillies' four-run third. Burrell and Geoff Jenkins had run-scoring singles in the third as the Phillies had six straight hits to knock Morton out of the game before he could record an out in the inning.
Braves relievers Buddy Carlyle, Manny Acosta and Will Ohman combined for six scoreless innings.
The Phillies scored three runs in the ninth off Blaine Boyer.

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