=== Braves cap wild series with Phils at Turner Field ===
 
 (Sports Network) - Chipper Jones returned to the Atlanta lineup in a big way
 last night, homering in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Braves to an
 exciting win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Turner Field.
 
 The veteran slugger will retire at season's end and proved he still has some
 pop left in his bat for the only team he's ever played for. The Braves hope to
 ride that momentum to a series win over the Phillies when the two clubs wrap
 up a three-game set this afternoon.
 
 Jones did not play in Tuesday's 4-2 loss because of a knee issue and was
 hitless in his last three games before going 3-for-6 with three runs scored
 and the decisive two-run blast in a 15-13 win.
 
 Jones crushed a Brian Sanches offering over the wall in right-center field and
 was greeted at home plate by a crowd of excited teammates. The Braves rallied
 from a 6-0 deficit to even the score with six runs in the bottom of the fifth
 and grabbed an 8-6 edge with two runs in the sixth inning. The Phillies scored
 three runs in each of the seventh and eighth inning to take back the lead
 until a five-run bottom of the eighth gave Atlanta a 13-12 advantage.
 
 Philadelphia would even the score again in the top of the ninth and Jones sent
 the Turner Field faithful home pleased with a two-run shot in the 11th.
 
 "It was an emotional rollercoaster all night," Jones said. "For us to fall
 down 6-0 to [Roy] Halladay and come back the way we did time and time again
 after falling down says a lot about this ballclub."
 
 Brian McCann belted a grand slam, Martin Prado went 3-for-6 with three RBI and
 Tyler Pastornicky finished with three hits, three runs scored and an RBI for
 the Braves, who are one-half game behind Washington for the NL East lead and
 won for the 10th time in 15 tries. Atlanta used eight pitchers to prevail and
 starter Tommy Hanson avoided a loss after allowing four runs and eight hits in
 just 3 2/3 innings. Chad Durbin picked up the win for tossing a scoreless 11th
 inning.
 
 The Braves are 3-3 on a seven-game homestand and will open a nine-game road
 trip tomorrow with the first of three contests in Colorado.
 
 Atlanta hopes youngster Randall Delgado can get back on the right path when he
 takes the mound this afternoon. The young right-hander has lost two straight
 starts after opening the 2012 campaign with back-to-back wins, and is coming
 off his shortest outing of the season.
 
 Delgado threw 4 1/3 innings in a 4-2 loss versus Pittsburgh on Saturday,
 allowing fur runs and a season-high eight hits. He has given up nine runs
 during his losing streak and was reached for five runs in a loss at Arizona on
 April 22. He has only faced the Phillies once in his career -- a 4-2 setback
 on Sept. 26, when he tossed five innings of two-run ball for a no-decision.
 
 Meanwhile, the Phillies blew several chances to escape with a win on Tuesday,
 but both Halladay and the bullpen imploded significantly. Halladay, who had
 been 107-0 coming in when his teams give him at least a four-run lead, was
 victimized by McCann's grand slam and his night was over after allowing the
 Braves to grab an 8-6 lead in the sixth inning.
 
 "When you have games like this and your teammates are out there grinding, you
 feel like you've let them down," said Halladay. "They were getting it done and
 I didn't and that's the difference tonight."
 
 Carlos Ruiz hit a three-run home run and drove in a career-high seven runs
 while Laynce Nix added a three-run double for the Phillies, who entered the
 night having won two straight and five of seven games, and were outhit by a
 19-17 margin. Sanches took the loss for surrendering Jones' homer in the 11th.
 
 The Phillies hope to earn a series win today before heading to Washington for
 a three-game series over the weekend.
 
 Phils starter Joe Blanton was able to stop a personal two-start losing streak
 his last time out and will toe the rubber again today at Turner Field. Blanton
 held the Chicago Cubs to a pair of runs on eight hits in 7 1/3 innings of a
 5-2 win on Saturday and struck out a season-high eight batters with no walks.
 
 Blanton improved to 2-3 in five games (4 starts) and lowered his earned run
 average from 4.34 to 3.81. The bulky right-hander, however, hasn't been so hot
 on the road this season, going 0-3 with a 6.17 ERA in three games, two of
 which have been starts.
 
 He hasn't fared well either against Atlanta in his career and is 1-4 with a
 5.43 ERA in 11 games (10 starts). Blanton owns an 0-2 mark in six appearances
 (5 starts) at Turner Field.
 
 Atlanta was eliminated from postseason contention last year by the Phillies
 and went 6-12 in this series in 2011.
 
 
 
 05/03 10:41:26 ET