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Jones and Jones help end Atlanta losing streak
Braves finish up in Arizona with 14-0 win, snap loss streak at four
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Atlanta Braves players, from left, Tim Hudson, Willie Harris and Julio Franco congratulate one another at home plate after all three scored on a three-run double by teammate Chipper Jones off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Livan Hernandez in the second inning in Phoenix. - photo by Associated Press

    PHOENIX — Chipper Jones drove in five runs, Tim Hudson allowed three hits in seven innings and the Atlanta Braves routed Arizona 14-0 Sunday to end the Diamondbacks’ eight-game winning streak.

    Andruw Jones and Scott Thorman also homered for the Braves, who pounded out 17 hits and snapped a four-game losing streak. Jeff Francoeur went 3-for-5 and scored two runs.

    Atlanta matched a season high for runs and handed Arizona its worst loss of the season.

    Hudson (11-5) struck out five and walked one to win his fifth straight decision.

    The Braves had rallied from seven- and three-run deficits the past two games only to lose in extra innings. But against Livan Hernandez, Atlanta removed all suspense in the first two innings. Hernandez dropped to 3-15 in his career against the Braves.

    Willie Harris led off the game with a walk and Edgar Renteria doubled to right. Chipper Jones lifted a sacrifice fly to left and Andruw Jones followed with a towering home run into the left-field stands to give Atlanta a 3-0 lead.

    The Braves added three more in the second. They loaded the bases before Chipper Jones lined a hard bouncer off Conor Jackson’s shoulder at first for a three-run double and a 6-0 Braves lead.

    Atlanta added single runs off Hernandez in the third and fourth on an RBI single by Julio Franco and a Chipper Jones sacrifice fly.

    Hernandez (6-7) allowed eight runs and eighth hits in four innings with three walks and no strikeouts. The four-inning stint matched a season low, set twice previously, and it was the first time Hernandez had failed strike out a batter since June 20, 2006, at Boston as a member of the Washington Nationals.

    Atlanta added two more runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, including Thorman’s pinch-hit homer over the pool area in right-center leading off the seventh.

Notes: Andruw Jones reached the 20-home run mark for the 10th straight season. ... Hernandez has lost four of his last five decisions and has won just once since May 27 against Houston. ... Before the game, the Braves recalled RHP Jose Ascanio from Double-A Mississippi and designated LHP Wilfredo Ledezma for assignment, two days after Ledezma surrendered Eric Byrnes’ eleventh-inning, game-winning homer Friday night. Ledezma, acquired from Detroit on June 20, was 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA in 12 appearances for Atlanta. Ascanio pitched a scoreless eighth against Arizona.