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Atlanta 11, Philadelphia 2

ATLANTA (AP) _ Gary Sheffield homered for the third straight game, and Andruw Jones and Chipper Jones homered during a seven-run sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-2 Thursday night.

Sheffield, acquired from Los Angeles in an offseason trade for outfielder Brian Jordan and pitcher Odalis Perez, hit a three-run homer in the first inning.

Sheffield has seven RBIs this year. After getting three hits, he's batting .462 (6-for-13).

Rafael Furcal and Andruw Jones singled and Sheffield hit the first pitch he saw from Terry Adams (0-1) over the left-center field fence for a 3-0 lead.

The Phillies got to 3-2 off Jason Marquis (1-0) on Mike Lieberthal's RBI double in the fourth and Scott Rolen's first homer in the sixth.

The Braves broke it open in the bottom of the sixth, sending 10 batters to the plate with seven getting hits and scoring.

Marcus Giles, pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa and Rafael Furcal had RBI hits before Andruw Jones hit a two-run homer _ his first _ and Chipper Jones followed with his first of the season. Both homers came off reliever Ricky Bottalico.

Atlanta added an unearned run in the seventh on a double by Javy Lopez, who scored when second baseman Marlon Anderson dropped a pop fly by Giles.

Marquis went six innings. The right-hander allowed five hits, two runs, walked three and struck out eight.