Braves 8, Padres 2
David Ross hit two home runs and Jair Jurrjens threw his first career complete game to lead the visiting Atlanta Braves to an 8-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.
Chipper Jones gave Atlanta a first-inning lead with a two-run home run off Aaron Harang (4-1), who allowed eight runs on seven hits over six innings.
Jurrjens (2-0) threw 114 pitches and scattered nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Jurrjens' complete game is the first for an Atlanta starter since September 2009.
With Brian McCann getting the day off after catching 13 innings Monday, Ross stepped in with the 10th multi-home run game of his career.
Ross, who was facing his former batterymate from their days in Cincinnati, hit a solo homer off Harang in the second and a three-run shot in the sixth.
Jones’ two RBIs moved him into a tie with Mickey Mantle for the second-most RBIs by a switch-hitter with 1,509. Eddie Murray holds the record with 1,917.
San Diego, which entered the game hitting a major league-worst .209, has lost 11 of its last 16 games.