Philadelphia (46-39) beat Atlanta 7-3 on Wednesday, dropping the Braves (40-45) a season-worst five games under .500. The Phillies improved to 7-1 against Atlanta this season and 5-0 at Turner Field, where they swept a three-game series June 6-8.

Including a three-game sweep May 25-27 last season, the Phillies had swept two of their last three series in Atlanta coming into this one. The Phillies own the second-best road record in the NL at 24-21, behind only St. Louis.

The Braves own the third-best home record in the league at 28-16, but have dropped eight of 11 at Turner.

The Phillies had averaged only 2.9 runs while dropping nine of 11, all against AL teams, coming into this series. However, they have piled up 15 runs and 27 hits so far against the Braves.

Pat Burrell has homered in both games, and Ryan Howard chipped in one on Wednesday. Burrell and Howard both have 21 homers and have combined with Chase Utley (23) to give Philadelphia three players with 20 or more homers before the All-Star break for the first time in team history.

In order to pull off the sweep, however, Philadelphia's offense will have to figure out Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens (8-3, 2.94 ERA), who leads major league rookies in wins and has not allowed an earned run in 21 2-3 innings.

The right-hander went eight innings and allowed just three hits in Friday's 4-0 win in Toronto, a performance that Bobby Cox - who has also managed the likes of Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Tom Glavine - said was the one of the best he's ever seen.

"All of his other ones have been on the great side," Cox said. "This is on the excellent side. His location was just perfect."

Jurrjens is 4-0 with a 2.77 ERA in eight starts since his last loss on May 12 in Pittsburgh. He is making his first career start against Philadelphia.

"I was just hitting my spots and pitching to contact," he told the Braves' official team Web site. "I didn't have my best fastball. I was just trying to help the team and minimize my pitches."

The Braves got homers Wednesday from Ruben Gotay and Chipper Jones, who leads the majors with a .391 batting average and was playing in his second game after missing eight straight starts with a strained right quadriceps.

"It's a rough time around here right now," Jones said. "A lot of guys struggling, especially with runners on base. No one's excluded. It's not just one guy."

Jones is 3-for-9 with two homers all-time against Cole Hamels (8-5, 3.38), who gets the start for the Phillies.

Hamels has won his last four starts against the Braves and threw a 5-0 four-hitter at home against them on May 15. He is 4-2 with a 3.59 ERA in seven career starts against Atlanta.

Hamels has gone at least seven innings in each of his last five starts, beginning with a 5-0 three-hitter against Cincinnati on June 5. The left-hander gave up four runs in seven innings of Saturday's 8-6 win in Texas, improving to 3-1 in seven road starts.