Chipper Drives Home Winning Run in Final Dodgers Stadium At-Bat

In what will likely be his final bat ever at Dodger Stadium (barring both the Braves and Dodgers making the playoffs) on Wednesday night (April 25), Chipper Jones drove in the go ahead and what would prove to be the game-winning run (shortstop Jack Wilson) on a RBI single off of Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Javy Guerra.

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The game-winning single for Jones capped off a series, in which he played in two of the team’s three games and hit 2-for-7 with a home run and two RBI.

Jones is now hitting .278 on the season with three home runs and 10 RBI.

The Braves are now 12-7 after the win over the Dodgers in which they took the series 2-1. Despite being one of the hottest teams in baseball right now, if not the hottest, the Braves still trail the young and surprising Washington Nationals in the National League East Division by 2.5 games. However, the Braves biggest threats to win the division are the Philadelphia Phillies, who are three games behind them in the standings, and the Miami Marlins, who are four games behind them in the standings.

Jonny Venters got the win for the Braves in relief, but starting pitcher Brandon Beachy had another great game. Despite giving up two earned runs, Beachy’s ERA in the first month of the season is 1.05. His ERA was a Major League Baseball best 0.39 coming into tonight’s game.

In non-Chipper Jones and non-Atlanta Braves related news, New York Yankees future hall of famer Derek Jeter is off to a white hot start this season hitting .416, with 30 hits in the Yanks first 16 games of the season. As great as Derek Jeter has been in his career he's never won a batting title ... could we be seeing him win one at age 39? Wrapping things back around to Chipper Jones, the Braves slugger knows a thing or two about winning batting titles after the age of 35. Jones won his batting title in 2008 when he hit .364 at the age of 36.