Jurrjens, who tweaked his ankle while walking down a stairway leaving the dugout after another Braves road loss Tuesday night, was replaced in the rotation for the night by an ineffective Jeff Bennett.

After Bennett allowed seven runs in two-plus frames, Atlanta once again ended up on the losing side on the road. The club that was wearing the road blues is singing the blues on the road this season, losing 23 of 30 away from Turner Field.

Even the "good" news Atlanta got Wednesday, when the major's leading hitter, Chipper Jones, returned to the starting lineup was tempered by bad news. With the Braves down 7-0, the 36-year-old slugger left for precautionary reasons after the top of the sixth after grimacing in pain during a strikeout.

The Braves are look more like a MASH unit than a major league club. And it couldn't have come at a worse time.

Atlanta, which is downright putrid on the road this season, is in the midst of a critical 10-day, 10-game, four-city road trip, which can determine the success of their season.

While Jurrjens will likely make his next start, the rest of the pitching staff is in shambles. And if the injury to their best hitter lingers, the obstacles may become insurmountable.

CUBS 7, BRAVES 2: The injury-ravaged Braves stumbled out of the gate once again on the road, losing for the 23rd time in 30 games on the highway. Jeff Bennett made an emergency start in place of Jair Jurrjens and was ineffective, allowing seven runs and seven hits in two-plus frames.

Corky Miller supplied one of the few highlights for Atlanta, smacking a two-run homer in the seventh. Chipper Jones finished 1-for-3 to lower his league-leading average to .419, but he left the game for precautionary reasons after tweaking his right quad injury in the sixth.