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MLB: Atlanta 4, LA Dodgers 3

(Boxscore)
Published: Aug. 1, 2009 at 8:44 PM

ATLANTA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Chipper Jones had two hits and two RBI Saturday, leading Atlanta to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Jones had RBI hits in the third and fifth innings, but Greg Norton's pinch-hit, sixth-inning single broke a 3-3 tie with two outs, producing the game-winner.

Diory Hernandez had one RBI, while Nate McLouth and Adam LaRoche added two hits each for the Braves, who have lost four of their last six.

Winner Derek Lowe (11-7) surrendered three runs and five hits in six innings.

Closer Rafael Soriano recorded his 16th save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

LA's Andre Ethier and James Loney each had two hits and one RBI, with Ethier hitting a solo homer.

Casey Blake added an RBI for the Dodgers, who have won two straight.

Losing pitcher Randy Wolf (5-6) gave up four runs and nine hits in six innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.

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