Chipper's Homer Leads Braves to Sweep Brewers

If the first two weeks of the baseball season are any indicator for Chipper Jones in his final season then he might miss about a quarter of the season’s games, but he’s damn sure going to rake when he’s in the lineup.

The Braves played their ninth game of the season on Sunday, a 7-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers (who they swept) at Turner Field, but it marked just Jones’ third game of the season. 

Jones went 1-for-3 in the game with a pivotal three-run blast off of Brewers starter Chris Narveson in the third inning. Jones also drew two walks in the game. 

Chipper Jones is congratulated at home plate by Martin Prado after homering in the third inning.

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The Braves are on a five game winning streak after starting the season on an atrocious four game losing streak. Atlanta is 3-0 with Jones in the lineup and only 2-4 without him.

As some of you may notice, Jones hit the home run not while wearing his usual (and sure to be retired) number 10 jersey, but a jersey sporting the number 42. The number 42 is retired across the sport, but brought out once a year on Jackie Robinson Day to salute the legendary Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. We all know that Chipper doesn’t have too many more homers left in him, so it’s nice to see hit one while wearing such an iconic number.

I don't know this for sure, but I'd be willing to bet that this is Chipper's only career home run in a different jersey number than number 10. 

Jones is now hitting .417 on the season with two home runs and five RBI.